Lab test interpretation
Clinical Case: Child's Urine Color Change
A clinical case on general urine analysis: a 12-year-old child with stomatitis has a urine sample with unusual coloration. Determine the possible cause of the change.
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Diagnostics
Parasitology
Demodex Diagnosis: Eyelash Microscopy for Mites
Laboratory diagnosis of eyelid demodicosis: detecting Demodex mites through microscopic examination of a native eyelash specimen.
Parasitology
Parasitology Exercise: Identify Taeniid Oncosphere
A practical exercise in laboratory diagnosis of helminthiasis: identify which numbered object on the micrograph represents a taeniid oncosphere.
Lab test interpretation
Fecal Microscopy: Yeast-like Fungi Spores and Mycelium
Microscopic examination of feces during coprogram: detection of yeast-like fungi spores and mycelium using Lugol's solution and methylene blue staining.
Lab test interpretation
Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Urethral Smear Microscopy
Morphological features of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urethral smear microscopy: leukocyte clusters, intracellular and extracellular kidney-bean-shaped diplococci.
Education
Electronic Knowledge Base for Laboratory Diagnostics
Archive of laboratory diagnostics materials in the LAB-TESTS library: community posts, Windows search programs, and educational video tutorials.
Lab test interpretation
Urine Sediment Microscopy in the Clinical Laboratory
Learn the specifics of microscopic urine sediment analysis in the laboratory: differential diagnosis of cells, crystals, and casts.
Parasitology
Microscopy of Facial Skin Scrapings: Demodex Mites
Microscopic examination of facial skin scrapings for suspected demodicosis: detection of Demodex mites in a native preparation, morphological features.
Parasitology
Trichomonas Vaginalis in Vaginal Smear: Morphology & Diagnosis
Morphological picture of trichomoniasis: detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in a stained vaginal discharge smear, leukocytes, and concomitant microflora.
Lab test interpretation
Neurosyphilis Diagnosis: CSF Immunofluorescence Assay (IFA)
Detecting Treponema pallidum antibodies in CSF using IFA: test sensitivity, specificity, and laboratory criteria for neurosyphilis diagnosis.
Hematology
Blood Chimerism: Blood Group Phenotyping
What is blood chimerism? Learn about the causes of a dual red blood cell population and the specifics of Rh and Kell antigen phenotyping using gel cards.
Lab test interpretation
Fungal Mycelium in Native Sputum Smear Microscopy
Microscopic examination of native sputum smear: branching fungal mycelium detected amidst erythrocytes at 100x and 400x magnification. A case study.