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Procedure #1 detected Procedure 2 is more sensitive (refers to % of true
50/100 true positives & positives that are accurately identified as positives).
100/100 true negatives. Specificity refers to # of true negatives identified as
Procedure #2 detected negative.
80/100 true positives and
70/100 true negatives.
TP/TP+FN= Sensitivity
TN/TN+FP= Specificity
What might the following Pyelonephritis (UTI); WBCs and nitrites in urine are
indicate in urine: RBCs, classical indication of bacterial infection (UTI)
WBCs, nitrite, and
bacteria?
Why is albumin the first It's molecular size is the smallest
protein to be detected in
tests for renal failure?
Cortisol excess will result Elevated glucose in blood; cortisol counteracts
in: insulin
What is the reason for the Patient may be A2B
following discrepency?
Anti A: 3+
Anti B: 3+
A1: 3+
B cells: 0
,This spiral form organism Leptospira
is seen in urine and
cultured on fletcher's
medium
Organism that gives off a Eikenella (GN pits agar)
bleach-like odor in
culture:
Presence of Rheumatoid VDRL; nonspecific screening test for syphillis
factor in blood may result
in false positives for what
test?
Disease associated with Pituitary tumor
the following: increased
TSH increased T3 and
increased FT4:
If excess PTH is released, Calcium
what woulde you find
elevated amounts of in
serum?
Mucoid pink colonies on Klebsiella oxytoca (Klebsiella pneumo is indole
plate that produce gase, negative)
indole positive,
yellow/yellow on TSI
PAD positive, indole Proteus vulgaris (p. mirabilis is indole negative)
positive, organism stains
gram negative. What is it?
Curved gram negative Test for Urease. Most likely H. pylori which is curved,
bacilli. Cultured form GI infects GI tract, and the urease activity can cause
tract of persons with ulcers.
ulcers. What test would
you do to confirm its
identity?
, Enzyme controls run on a Controls were left @ room temperature for several
machine gives result days.
around -3SD. Samples
run on the same machine
give results <1 SD. What is
the problem?
HIV-1 and HIV-2 DO HIV-2 western blot.
combination ELISA test is
positive in a patient with
symptoms of immune
deficiency. Western blot
was inconclusive for HIV-
1. What do you do next?
What are steps of PCR? Denaturation, annealing, and transcription.
RAST test detects what? IgE to particular antigens (RIST is for total IgE)
After collecting a blood Report results. Always use EDTA for CBC specimens.
sample in an EDTA tube
for CBC you find that the
Hct is very high (68%).
What should you do
next?
When you conduct a Exciting light; high energy light produced by the
procedure using machine
fluorescence it is
important to protect
yourself from:
Blood was collected Nov. 1 10 years from now.
Nov. 1st then frozen with
glycol on Nov. 5th. What
is the new expiration
date?
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Terms in this set (346)
Procedure #1 detected Procedure 2 is more sensitive (refers to % of true
50/100 true positives & positives that are accurately identified as positives).
100/100 true negatives. Specificity refers to # of true negatives identified as
Procedure #2 detected negative.
80/100 true positives and
70/100 true negatives.
TP/TP+FN= Sensitivity
TN/TN+FP= Specificity
What might the following Pyelonephritis (UTI); WBCs and nitrites in urine are
indicate in urine: RBCs, classical indication of bacterial infection (UTI)
WBCs, nitrite, and
bacteria?
Why is albumin the first It's molecular size is the smallest
protein to be detected in
tests for renal failure?
Cortisol excess will result Elevated glucose in blood; cortisol counteracts
in: insulin
What is the reason for the Patient may be A2B
following discrepency?
Anti A: 3+
Anti B: 3+
A1: 3+
B cells: 0
,This spiral form organism Leptospira
is seen in urine and
cultured on fletcher's
medium
Organism that gives off a Eikenella (GN pits agar)
bleach-like odor in
culture:
Presence of Rheumatoid VDRL; nonspecific screening test for syphillis
factor in blood may result
in false positives for what
test?
Disease associated with Pituitary tumor
the following: increased
TSH increased T3 and
increased FT4:
If excess PTH is released, Calcium
what woulde you find
elevated amounts of in
serum?
Mucoid pink colonies on Klebsiella oxytoca (Klebsiella pneumo is indole
plate that produce gase, negative)
indole positive,
yellow/yellow on TSI
PAD positive, indole Proteus vulgaris (p. mirabilis is indole negative)
positive, organism stains
gram negative. What is it?
Curved gram negative Test for Urease. Most likely H. pylori which is curved,
bacilli. Cultured form GI infects GI tract, and the urease activity can cause
tract of persons with ulcers.
ulcers. What test would
you do to confirm its
identity?
, Enzyme controls run on a Controls were left @ room temperature for several
machine gives result days.
around -3SD. Samples
run on the same machine
give results <1 SD. What is
the problem?
HIV-1 and HIV-2 DO HIV-2 western blot.
combination ELISA test is
positive in a patient with
symptoms of immune
deficiency. Western blot
was inconclusive for HIV-
1. What do you do next?
What are steps of PCR? Denaturation, annealing, and transcription.
RAST test detects what? IgE to particular antigens (RIST is for total IgE)
After collecting a blood Report results. Always use EDTA for CBC specimens.
sample in an EDTA tube
for CBC you find that the
Hct is very high (68%).
What should you do
next?
When you conduct a Exciting light; high energy light produced by the
procedure using machine
fluorescence it is
important to protect
yourself from:
Blood was collected Nov. 1 10 years from now.
Nov. 1st then frozen with
glycol on Nov. 5th. What
is the new expiration
date?
