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CD - Diagnostic test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lumbar puncture | Meningitis |
| Lumbar puncture | Encephalitis |
| Lumbar puncture | Poliomyelitis |
| Throat washing | Poliomyelitis |
| Brain biopsy | Rabies |
| Presence of negri bodies | Rabies |
| Nose and throat swab test | Diphtheria |
| Moloney test | hypersensitivity to diphtheria toxins |
| Moloney test | Diphtheria |
| Elek test | toxiginity of the clostridium diphtheria |
| Elek test | Diphtheria |
| Sputum culture | Pertussis |
| Chest xray --> Patchy filtrates and consoloidation | Pneumonia |
| Dull percussion noted on affected lung | Pneumonia |
| Mantoux test | TB |
| Purified protein derivatives (PPD) | TB |
| DSSM/ Gene X-pert | TB |
| Dark field microscopy | Cholera |
| Species identified in stool (Schistosomiasis) | S. mansoni, japonicum eggs |
| Species identified in urine (Schistosomiasis) | S. haematobium |
| Widal test | Typhoid fever |
| Widal test | detects antibody to salmonella |
| ELISA and dipstick test | Typhoid fever |
| Microscopic agglutinator test | Leptospirosis |
| IgM antibodies | Hepatitis Aa |
| HBsAg | Hepatitis B |
| IgM and IgG anti-HDV antibody test | Hepatitis D |
| IgM, IgG, HEV PCR test | Hepatitis E |
| Lepromin test | Leprosy |
| Skin lesion biopsy (confirmatory) | Leprosy |
| Wassermann reaction test | Leprosy |
| (+) lepromin test | paucibacillary |
| (-) lepromin test | multibacillary |
| <5 lesions | paucibacillary |
| > 5 lesions | multibacillary |
| Fluorescent light | to differentiate herpes zoster from herpes simplex virus |
| rumpel leede test | > 20 petechial formation in 1 inch |
| platelet & hct count | dengue |
| Thick malarial smear | detect parasites |
| thin malariar smear | identify species |
| immunochromatographic test | fliariasis |
| western blot | HIV/AIDS |
| Viral load | measures HIV RNA in the plasma |
| CD4 count | markers found on lymphocytes |
| gram staining of urethral discharge | gonorrhea |
| dark field microscopy | syphilis |
| wassermann reaction test | syphilis |
| nucleic acid probe | chlamydia |
| culture of the site of ingection | chlamydia |
| echocardiography | candidiasis |
| fundoscopy | candidiasis |
| western blot | candidiasis |