Diagnostic Procedures of the Integumentary System
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| skin biopsy | removal of lesions for pathological examination, usually microscopic
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| 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
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| Tzanck smear | test of fluid from base of a vesicle, fluid is applied to a glass slide, stained, and examined under microscope
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| 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
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| antibody titer for viral, bacterial, fungal illness | blood test used to determine whether the patient has or has had an infection
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| antinuclear antibody titer | blood test used to screen for cutaneous lupus erythematosus and similar diseases of connective tissues
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| enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) | blood-screening test for certain bacterial antigens and antibodies, one of the primary tests for several infectious diseases
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| T3, T4, T7, TSH | blood tests to determine thryoid function
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