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Acute Mesenteric Ischemia - Performance of 
Laboratory Tests (Sensitivity, Specificity) 
- WBC, Lactate, D-dimer, Urine I-FABP

#Mesenteric
Mesenteric Ischemia - Performance ... of Laboratory ... Mesenteric #Ischemia #AMI ... #Testing #Diagnosis ... #Laboratory #Sensitivity
Syphilis Traditional vs Reverse-Sequence Screening Algorithms

#Syphilis #ReverseSequence #Screening #Algorithm #Diagnosis #Laboratory #Testing
Syphilis Traditional ... #Syphilis #ReverseSequence ... #Screening #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Laboratory ... #Testing
Syphilis Diagnostic Algorithm
 • Syphilis (TP) EIA
 • RPR
 • A different treponemal specific test (TPPA)

ID
Syphilis Diagnostic ... AlgorithmSyphilis ... Darcy_ID_doc #Syphilis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Testing #laboratory
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Insufficiency - Algorithm ... (but low sensitivity ... > 15 excludes AI ... require Cosyntropin testing ... Insufficiency #Algorithm
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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• Symptoms: AMS ... • JC-virus PCR sensitivity ... of serum CrAg testing ... comparable to CSF testing ... in HIV: • CNS Syphilis
Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Methods
1) Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion: disks impregnanted w/ Abx → circular gradient →
Susceptibility Testing ... MIC 4) Automated testing ... concentrations + algorithms ... #Antibiotic #Sensitivity ... #laboratory #microbiology