Test category · Laboratory

Infectious disease & microbiology

Finding the organism: cultures, microscopy, antigen and antibody tests, PCR and sequencing for bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, and testing which drugs will work.

Tests with a page

Medical test

Hepatitis B tests

Medical test

HIV test

Medical test

Microbiology tests

Medical test

Urine culture

Concepts covered by those pages

Urine culture MSUBlood cultureSputum cultureWound cultureStool cultureThroat cultureStreptococcus testingHIV antigen/antibody test HIV testHIV viral loadCD4 countHepatitis B surface antigen HBsAgHepatitis B surface antibody anti-HBsHepatitis B core antibody (total) anti-HBcHepatitis B core IgM antibody IgM anti-HBcHepatitis B e antigen HBeAgHepatitis B e antibody anti-HBeHepatitis B virus DNA HBV DNAInfluenza testingSARS-CoV-2 testingAntimicrobial susceptibility testingSerologyAntigen testPCR test PCR

Also in this category: catalogued concepts

Canonical test concepts of this category that do not yet have their own page. They are listed so that the taxonomy is complete and searchable; a page is written only when it can meet the quality standard.

  • Staphylococcus testing · also: MRSA screen Microbiology
  • Pneumococcal testing · also: pneumococcal urinary antigen Microbiology
  • Meningococcal testing Microbiology
  • Gonorrhoea testing · also: gonorrhea test Microbiology
  • Chlamydia testing Microbiology
  • Syphilis testing · also: treponemal test, RPR, VDRL Microbiology
  • Tuberculosis testing (TB test) · also: interferon-gamma release assay, IGRA, Mantoux test Microbiology
  • Helicobacter pylori testing (H. pylori test) · also: urea breath test, stool antigen Microbiology
  • Pertussis testing · also: whooping cough test Microbiology
  • Legionella testing · also: Legionella urinary antigen Microbiology
  • Salmonella testing Microbiology
  • Shigella testing Microbiology
  • Campylobacter testing Microbiology
  • Clostridioides difficile testing (C. difficile) · also: C. diff toxin, C diff test Microbiology
  • Hepatitis A serology Microbiology
  • Hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) Microbiology
  • Hepatitis C virus RNA (HCV RNA) · also: HCV viral load Microbiology
  • Hepatitis D testing Microbiology
  • Hepatitis E testing Microbiology
  • RSV testing · also: respiratory syncytial virus test Microbiology
  • Epstein-Barr virus testing (EBV) · also: monospot, glandular fever test Microbiology
  • Cytomegalovirus testing (CMV) Microbiology
  • Herpes simplex virus testing (HSV) Microbiology
  • Varicella zoster virus testing (VZV) Microbiology
  • Human papillomavirus testing (HPV) · also: HPV test Microbiology
  • Measles testing Microbiology
  • Mumps testing Microbiology
  • Rubella testing · also: rubella immunity Microbiology
  • Dengue testing · also: NS1 antigen Microbiology
  • Chikungunya testing Microbiology
  • Zika testing Microbiology
  • Fungal culture Microbiology
  • KOH preparation · also: potassium hydroxide preparation, skin scraping for fungus Microbiology
  • Cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) Microbiology
  • Galactomannan Microbiology
  • Beta-D-glucan Microbiology
  • Histoplasma testing Microbiology
  • Coccidioides testing Microbiology
  • Candida testing Microbiology
  • Aspergillus testing Microbiology
  • Ova and parasite examination (O&P) · also: stool ova and parasites Microbiology
  • Malaria blood film · also: malaria smear, thick and thin films Microbiology
  • Malaria antigen test · also: malaria rapid diagnostic test Microbiology
  • Malaria PCR Microbiology
  • Giardia testing Microbiology
  • Cryptosporidium testing Microbiology
  • Entamoeba testing · also: amoebiasis test Microbiology
  • Toxoplasma testing · also: toxoplasma serology Microbiology
  • Strongyloides testing Microbiology
  • Schistosoma testing · also: schistosomiasis serology Microbiology
  • Antimicrobial resistance testing · also: resistance gene detection Microbiology
  • Nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) Microbiology
  • Microbial sequencing · also: whole-genome sequencing of pathogens Microbiology
  • Toxin assay Microbiology
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