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Urinalysis Testing - UTI Sensitivity and Specificity
 - Leukocyte esterase 
 - Nitrite 
 - WBCs
Testing - UTI Sensitivity ... and Specificity ... Testing #Accuracy #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #Laboratory
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
, high specificity ... and specificity ... and specificity ... and specificity ... #Tuberculosis #Laboratory
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia - Performance of 
Laboratory Tests (Sensitivity, Specificity) 
- WBC, Lactate, D-dimer, Urine I-FABP

#Mesenteric
Performance of Laboratory ... Tests (Sensitivity ... , Specificity) ... Testing #Diagnosis #Laboratory ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
test - High sensitivity ... and specificity ... Widely variable sensitivity ... and specificity ... Disease #Testing #Laboratory
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
Characteristics #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #Laboratory
COVID19 Testing - PCR vs CT - Sensitivity and Specificity

Original Data via https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2020200642

Admission laboratory patterns in
- PCR vs CT - Sensitivity ... and Specificity ... .2020200642 Admission laboratory ... #PCR #ChestCT #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #SARSCoV2
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity ... Specificity and ... 96% • Higher specificity ... FalsePositives #Laboratory ... #sensitivity
Helicobacter Pylori Testing  Methods - Sensitivity and Specificity

Serology - 85% - 79% - Does not
Testing Methods - Sensitivity ... and Specificity ... HPylori #Testing #Laboratory
Summary of Available Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection, in Decreasing Order of Sensitivity
 • Toxigenic culture
Decreasing Order of Sensitivity ... difficile #CDiff #laboratory ... diagnosis #testing #sensitvity ... #specificity
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
> 1.5) with a sensitivity ... and specificity ... differential #diagnosis #Laboratory