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#1 QUESTIONS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gram negative bacteria, normally found in the or pharyngeal tract of mammals, they are involved in parthenogenesis of some animal bite wounds as well as periodontal diseases. This bacteria exhibits GLIDING MOTILITY | Capnocytophaga |
| Which parasite is known for its auto-infection capability? | Strongyloides Stercoralis |
| What factor is deficient in Hemophilia B? | IX (9) - Christmas factor |
| What are Heinz Bodies made of ? | Denatured Hemoglobin use supravital staining destroyed by macrophages causing "bite cells" in RBC |
| What is the role of a supervisor in the lab? | Democratic |
| What Hepatitis B marker shows previous infection? | Anti-HBc - Chronic = previous |
| What can make CSF to appear cloudy? | WBCs |
| Burr cells (Echinocytes) are seen in which of the following conditions? | Uremia, hepatic and renal failure (end stage kidney/liver disease) |
| A patient who is on Warfarin is tested for Proten C. How does that affect his or her tests results? | Decreased levels of Protein C |
| Anti A 4 A cell 2 Anti b 4 B cell 2 What to do next? | Incubate reagents and specimen at room temp for 15-30mins and repeat test -results point to cold agglutinates |
| What does a delta check mean when doing automated clinical measurements? | Significant change in patients lab result compared to previous results |
| In hydrops fetalis what Hgb is found? | Barts |
| What is the specimen of choice for FK506(tacrolimus),Cyclosporine, and Sirolimus? | Lavender Top (EDTA) |
| On and automated instrument Hgb=45 and Hct=33%. The technologists does a manual Hct and the result is 33.5%. What should he do? | Check original specimen for lipemia -Lipemia can falsely elevate Hgb results in automated instruments |
| In which type of Malaria Shizonts (merozoites) are rarely,if ever,seen? | Plasmodium Falciparums |
| In unconjugated bilirubinemia | Unconjugated bili=pos Urine bili-neg Urine urobili=pos |
| In obstructive liver disease, red cells tend to have the following morphology: | Macrocytes |
| A mycobacterium spp. is grown in dark and only after it is exposed to light it produces a yellow pigment. This is characteristic of: | M.Kansasii |
| Target cells in peripheral blood can cause which of the following choices when automated methods are used? | High WBC count |
| The anemias of the qualitative hemoglobnopathies, such as sickle cell anemia, are morphologically classified as: | Normocytic, normochromic |
| What is another name for Cooley's anemia? | Thalassemia Major -the most severe form of beta thalassemia |
| In billary obstruction, how does the urine bilirubing and urobilnogen change? | Urine bili=pos Urobilinogen=decreased or neg |
| A patient diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction is treated with streptokinase. What test is abnormal immediately after the treatment? | Ddimer -Streptokinase is a fibrinolytic agent and will cause Ddimer to elevate |
| Pink mucoid colonies on MAC TSI=A/A Spot Indole test=pos Which one is the most likely organism? | Klebsiella Oxytoca -k.pneumoniae=indole neg -k.oxytoca=indole pos |
| Which ionophore is used in potassium electrode? | Valinomycin |
| What disease is presented with monocytosis? | Tuberculosis -Monocytosis is seen in, TB, Syphilis, Brucellosis and Crohns disease |
| In Auramine-Rhodamine stain for acid fast bacteria, what is the function of potassium permangnate? | Quenching Factor |
| What is the predominant cell type in CLL? | Bcell |
| Lactic acid specimen should be: | Delivered on ice, separate from cells |
| Which of the following drugs is used to treat bipolar disorders(manic depression)? | Lithium |
| D-dimer test is normal, but FDP is abnormal. What does it mean? | Primary Fibrinogenolysis |
| Which bacteria is H2S negative? | Salmonella paratyphi A -The only Salmonella that is H2S negative |
| Why is walking pneumonia not treated with penicillin? | Mycoplasma, the agent of walking pneumonia, does not have a cell wall |
| What condition causes the ESR to decrease? | Vibration of a desk |
| A bacteria that is K/A - Gas and - H2s on TSI agar is grown on HK(Hekteon) agar. What color do you expect the agar turn to ? | Yellow-Orange Hekteon agar=Salmonella and Shigella |
| Urine strip is positive for blood but under the microscope there are no RBC'S seen? What can cause this? | Diluted alkaline urine |
| Which is true regarding weak D phenotype? | All epitopes present but under expressed -Weak D cells have the D antigen , but have fewer D antigens per cell than normal Rh positive cells |
| Which of the following is used to compare 2 sets of mean? | Paired T-test |
| In primary biliary cirrhosis, which of the following antibodies is seen in high titers? | Antimitochondrial |
| On a urinalysis test, blood is positive on strip test, but no RBC'S are seen under the microscope. What can be an explanation? | Hypotonic and alkaline urine -Hypotonic and alkaline urine can lyse RBC |
| Which of the following will be the first to increase after Myocardial Infarction(MI) | Myoglobin |
| 5HIAA test is used for what disease? | Carcinoid tumors -Done on 24 hour urine specimen for carcinoid tumors |
| Anti-P titers are often increased in: | Hydatid cyst disease |
| Ablood collection was stopped after collecting 369ml of donors blood. What can it be used for now? | Only Whole Blood |