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• Fecal occult blood test 

  Definition Definition The fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is a rapid test for detecting the presence of blood hidden in the stool and caused by...

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• Medical laboratory technology 

  Definition Definition Medical laboratory technology is the branch of medical science responsible for performing laboratory investigations relating...

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• Pregnancy test 

  Definition Definition Pregnancy is detected by measuring the concentration of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in serum or urine. Human chorionic...

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• White blood cell count and differential 

  Definition Definition A white blood cell (WBC) count determines the concentration of white blood cells in the patient's blood. A differential...

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• Cerebrospinal fluid analysis - CSF 

  Definition Definition Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a set of laboratory tests that examine a sample of the fluid surrounding the brain and...

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• Sputum culture 

  Definition Definition A sputum culture is a microbiology test performed to isolate and identify microorganisms causing an infection of the lower...

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• Nasopharyngeal culture 

  Definition Definition A nasopharyngeal culture is a microbiology test used to identify pathogenic organisms present in the nasal cavity that may be...

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• Urine culture 

  Definition Definition A urine culture is a diagnostic laboratory test performed to detect the presence of bacteria in the urine (bacteriuria)....

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• Acid-fast culture 

  Definition Definition The term acid-fast refers to a type of organism not readily decolorized by acid after staining. An acid-fast culture is the...

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• Allergy tests 

  Definition Definition Allergy tests may be of two general types. In vivo tests that measure the immune response to an agent called an allergen that...

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