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Chapter
17

Infectious Disease Assays

Michael J. Mitchell and Lokinendi V. Rao

Acid-Fast Bacillus (AFB) Smear

Acid-Fast Stain, Modified

Aerobic Culture

Anaerobic Culture

Bacterial Antigen Detection

Blood Culture, Fungal

Blood Culture, Mycobacterial

Blood Culture, Routine

Blood Parasite Examination

Body Fluid Culture

Bordetella pertussis
Culture (Rule Out)

Bordetella pertussis
Serology IgG

Borrelia burgdorferi
(Lyme Disease)—Antibody Screen

Borrelia burgdorferi
(Lyme Disease)—Western Blot

Bronchial Culture (BAL or Brush), Quantitative

Brucella
Culture (Rule Out)

Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Culture

Chlamydia trachomatis
, Amplified Nucleic Acid Detection

Chlamydia trachomatis
Culture

Clostridium difficile
Detection

Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Culture (Rule Out)

Cryptococcus
Antigen Test

Cryptosporidium
Antigen Detection

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Culture (Rule Out)

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Quantitative Molecular Assay

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Serology IgG and IgM

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Molecular Testing

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Serology Screen Antibody Profile

Escherichia coli
(Enterohemorrhagic, Shiga Toxin–Producing
E
.
coli
, STEC,
E
.
coli
O157:H7) Culture (Rule Out)

Enterovirus Culture (Rule Out)

Fecal Leukocytes Examination

Francisella tularensis
Culture (Rule Out)

Fungal Antigen, Βeta-
D
-Glucan

Fungal Antigen, Galactomannan

Fungal Culture (Mold, Yeast, Dimorphic, and Dermatophyte Pathogens)

Fungal Wet Mount (KOH, Calcofluor)

Genital Culture

Giardia Antigen Detection

Gram Stain

Group B Streptococcus Vaginal– Rectal Culture Screen

Helicobacter pylori
Serology Screen (
H
.
pylori
Antibody [IgG, IgA, and IgM] Screen)

Helicobacter pylori
Stool Antigen Detection

Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Antibodies (IgM and Total)

Hepatitis B Core Antibody (HBcAb; Total and IgM)

Hepatitis B Surface Antibody (HBsAb)

Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg)

Hepatitis Be Antigen and Antibody (HBeAg and HBeAb)

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Antibody

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Antigen

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Genotyping Assay

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA, Quantitative Viral Load: Molecular Assay

Hepatitis D Virus (HDV; Delta Hepatitis) Antibody

Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Antibody (IgM and IgG)

Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Culture (Rule Out)

Herpes Virus (HSV or VZV) Direct Detection Direct Fluorescent Antibody DFA

Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Serology Tests, Type 1 and Type 2—Specific Antibodies, IgG and IgM

Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1/2 Antibody Screen

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) Confirmatory Western Blot Assay

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Genotype (Molecular Assay)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) RNA, Quantitative Viral Load (Molecular Assay)

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Molecular Testing

Legionella Antigen Screen

Legionella
Culture (Rule Out)

Macroscopic Examination, Arthropod

Macroscopic Examination, Parasites

Measles Serology Screen (Measles [Rubeola] IgG and IgM)

Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus Aureus
Culture (Rule Out)

Microsporidia Examination

Mumps Serology Screen (Mumps IgG and IgM)

Mycobacteria (AFB, TB) Culture

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Screening Interferon-Gamma Release Assay

Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
, Amplified Nucleic Acid Detection

Ova and Parasite Examination, Stool

Pinworm Examination

Pneumocystis jirovecii
(Formerly
Pneumocystis carinii
), Microscopic Detection

Respiratory Adenovirus Culture (Rule Out)

Respiratory Culture, Rule Out Bacterial Pathogens

Respiratory Culture, Rule Out Viral Pathogens

Respiratory Virus Direct Detection By Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) and Direct Fluorescent Antibody (DFA) Tests

Respiratory Virus Panel (RVP) Molecular Assay

Rotavirus Fecal Antigen Detection