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Gram positive cocci

Negative rapid strep

Beta colonies on blood agar

What is Streptococcus pyogenes or positive.

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Forward D Typing Components

What are Anti-D and patient RBCs?

100

Organelle present in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes.

What are ribosomes?

100

Source of blood agar RBCs.

What are sheep?

200

Cause for positive test pad and negative control pad of lateral flow.

What is expired or old secondary antibody.

200

EBV agglutination testing components.

What are

Horse RBCs,

Guinea Pig Ag,

Patient serum or plasma


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Lyme disease causing bacterium

What is borrelia?
200

Micro dilution Testing:

Cloudy: 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.8

Clear: 1.6, 3.2 

MIC?

What is 1.6

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32 mm measurment

Reference:

31

Interpet.

Susceptible

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Anti A: Positive

Anti B: Positive

Anti D: Positive

A cell: Negative

B cell: Negative

Rh Control: Positive 

Blood type?

What is discrepant or spontaneous agglutination?

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Rapid strep test components.

What are

Throat swab;

primary Ab-conjugate (sample pad)

Primary Ab (test pad)

Secondary Ab (control pad)

300

Tularemia and rabbits

What is Francisella?

300

Infection caused by being in a hospital setting

What is nosocomial infection?

300

A tech applied 95% ethanol for 1 minute during gram staining.  What is result of E.coli?

What is no effect?

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1. Horse RBCs

2. Patient serum

3. Guinea pig antigen

4. Mix (1) + (2)

5. Mix (1+2) + (3) into quarter sized area.

6. Clear blue background with many clumps.

Interpret.

What is false positive?

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Reactive lymphocyte components

What are

1. Large lymphocyte

2. Scalloped edges

4. Blue edges

5. Pulled nucleus or homogenous smooth chromatin

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Fungi stain detection method.

What is calcofluor white or lactophenol cotton blue?
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Rh Control composition 

What is antisera without antibody

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Sugars....help differentiate ABO antigens.

What are

H Ag = Fucose

A Ag = GalNAC

B Ag = Galactose

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Anti-A:  Negative

Anti-B: Negative

Anti-D: Positive

A cell: Positive

B cell: Negative

Blood type.  If discrepant provide cause.

Discrepant.  Type B but forward not working.  Due to no anti-sera added.

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1. B cell

2. Plasma cell

3.Antibody

4. Antigen removal.  How?

What is

1. Neutralize

2. Opsonize

3. Lysis

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Microscopic detection of parasites.

What is trichome stain or iodine wet prep?

500

3 classes of parasites

What are

Arthropod, helminth, protozoa

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Anti-A: Negative

Anti-B: Negative

Anti-D: Negative

Ac: Positive

Bc: Negative

Blood type?  If discrepant, provide cause.

What is discrepant due to weak antibody?