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Term | Definition |
fungal, bacterial, viral cultures | tissue scrapings, purulent (pus-filled) material, exudate (accumulated) fluid, or normal body fluids sent to a lab for identification of pathogenic organisms present |
immunofluorescent studies for epidermal autoantibodies | fluorescent studies of skin or blood serum under a microscopic to identify the specific, abnormal antibody proteins of some cutaneous diseases |
KOH smears | skin scrapings from suspect fungal lesions immersed in twenty percent aqueous potassium hydroxide and examined under the microscope for hypha (mold) or spores |
skin biopsy | removal of lesions for pathological examination, usually microscopic |
skin tests for allergy or disease (patch test, sratch test, intradermal test) | three types of test procedures where the site becomes red and swollen when the results are positive after the indicatied period of time, tests reveal multinucleated giant cells |
Tzanck smear | test of fluid from base of a vesicle, fluid is applied to a glass slide, stained, and examined under microscope |
Wood's light examination | examination to detect fluorescent characteristic of certain skin infections (usually fungal) in which skin is viewed in a darkened room under ultraviolet light filtered through Wood's glass |
antibody titer for viral, bacterial, fungal illness | blood test used to determine whether the patient has or has had an infection |
antinuclear antibody titer | blood test used to screen for cutaneous lupus erythematosus and similar diseases of connective tissues |
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) | blood-screening test for certain bacterial antigens and antibodies, one of the primary tests for several infectious diseases |
T3, T4, T7, TSH | blood tests to determine thryoid function |
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