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- A substance that reacts with antibody molecules and antigen receptors on lymphocytes.
- A presumptive screening test for syphilis looking for non-treponemal anti-lipid (reagin) antibodies in the patient's serum. (acronym)
- Hemolysis showing a zone of partial hemolysis surrounding the colony, often accompanied by a greenish discoloration of the agar.
- Species of Staphylococcus showing gold piment, beta hemolysis, and sensitivity to the antibiotic novobiocin on blood agar. DNase positive and coagulase positive.
- Common name for a large, raised, pus-filled, painful nodules having an accumulation of dead, necrotic tissue at the base. The bacteria spread from the hair follicle to adjacent subcutaneous tissue.
- Serologic testing uses a preparation known antibodies, called antiserum, to identify an unknown antigen such as a microorganism.
- A confirming test for syphilis looking for antibodies against Treponema pallidum in the patient's serum. (acronym)
- Any pus-filled inflammatory lesions.
- The abbreviation for the disease diagnosed by looking for anti-deoxyribonucleoprotein antibodies in the patient's serum.
- A serologic test that gives the titer or amount of that antibody in the serum.
- An autoimmune disease that cqan follow infections by group A beta streptococcus. (2 words)
- Serologic testing by which antibodies in a person's serum being made by that individual against an antigen associated with a particular disease are detected using a known antigen.
- An estimated 0.5-1.0% of neonates colonized will develop pneumonia, septicemia, and/or meningitis from this streptococcus.
- Using antigen-antibody reactions in the laboratory for diagnostic purposes.
- Hemolysis showing , red blood cell-free zone surrounding the colony, where a complete lysis of the red blood cells by the bacterial hemolysins has occurred.
- A serologic test that only detects the presence or absence of specific antibodies in the patient's serum and is often used for screening purposes.
- The most common infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes is _______________.
- In the serological testing for pregnancy we look to see if the woman is producing _____. (acronym)
- The most dilute sample of the patient's serum still containing enough antibodies to give a visible antigen-antibody reaction is reported as the titer.
- An infected hair follicle where the base of the hair follicle appears red and raised with an accumulation of pus just under the epidermis.
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- The common name for this gram-positive diplococcus that is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization, and is a frequent cause of otitis media, sinusitis, and bacteremia.
- An antibody produced in animals to react with and detect human antibodies during indirect serologic testing. (one word plus one
- Species of Streptococcus showing mucoid, transluscent colonies surrounded by alpha hemolysis and sensitivity to the drug optochin.
- The streptococci that are the dominant normal flora in the upper respiratory tract, cause dental caries, and cause most bacterial endocarditis.
- gram-positive cocci occuring singly most commonly in irregular grape-like clusters.
- A group of staphylococci that are normal flora of the skin and are associated with intravascular devices (prosthetic heart valves and intra-arterial or intravenous lines) and shunts. Also quite common are infections of prosthetic joints, wound infections, osteomyelitis associated with foreign bodies, and endocarditis. (2 words)
- Furuncles coalesce and spread into surrounding subcutaneous and deeper connective tissue. Superficial skin perforates, sloughs off, and discharges pus.
- This speciecies of Streptococcus produces small, white to grey colonies surrounded by beta hemolysis and is sensitive to the antibiotic bacitracin.
- Gram-positive streptococci, typically occurring in pairs and short chains, that are normal flora of the intestinal tract. They are responsible for a variety of opportunistic infections in humans. Common causes of nosocomial infections.
- An arrangement of gram-positive cocci typically occurring in pairs and chains of varying length.
- A blood agar reaction showing no hemolysis or discoloration of the agar surrounding the colony.
- Serum containing specific known antibodies.
- During direct serologic testing it is the _____________ that is known.
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