(Normal range: < 9.0 IU/L (< 0.15 mkat/L Comment: Help decide whether a raised alkaline phosphatase level is due to liver or bone disease, 5-Nt is raised in cholestatic disease but is normal in bone disease. Also is raised in hepatic carcinoma, Hepatobiliary disease, early biliary cirrhosis and in 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Values are… Read More »
Normal range: Up to 17 ng/mL Comment: NSE has no established role in screening for, or early detection of, neoplastic disease. Some investigators have found that, in patients with small cell lung carcinoma, NSE measured after the first cycle of chemotherapy is useful as an early and independent predictor of complete response and survival. In… Read More »
Normal range: Negative Comment: This test provides for the rapid detection of N. gonorrhoeae in a wide variety of clinical specimens. The sensitivity of the test exceeds that for culture and other non-molecular assays Sample: Urine, patient not urinated previous 2hr Nor- adrenaline: See Catecholamines Normetanephrine: See Metanephrine
:Normal range Phagocytic phase : > 20% Resting phase : <10% Comment: For the diagnosis of chronic Granulomatousdisease (CGD), a heterogeneous disorder of phagocytes to kill ingested microorganisms, thus predisposing patients to sever, recurrent pyogenic infections (Sample: EDTA (Whole blood
Normal range: Negative Comment: Increased in serum from muscle disease or trauma and within a few hours of myocardial infarction for which it provides a very early marker Sample: Serum, urine
Normal range: Negative Comment: Mycoplasma pneumonia is a cause of “primary atypical pneumonia” the Mycoplasma is more difficult to culture than the ordinary bacteria and thus serologic confirmation of the diagnosis is often desirable. A fourfold or greater rise in titer occurs in about 80% of cases. Serologic tests for antibody to M. pneumonia are… Read More »
Antibody against A60 complex antigen IgG & IgM are useful markers for active T.B. These markers are normal even with previous T.B infections or BCG vaccines. And raised with active infections Both IgG, IgM Sample: Serum
Normal range: Negative Comment: Identification by microscopy (AFB stain) has a relatively low sensitivity. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a rapid, specific and sensitive diagnostic tool, which proved to be useful in the detection of TB in a variety of clinical specimens Sample: Sputum, Bronchial wash. Urine at early morning
Normal range: Negative Comment: Support for the diagnosis of mumps virus infection; document previous exposure to mumps virus or mumps vaccination; detection of mumps specific IgM is useful for the diagnosis of acute disease Sample: serum
Normal range: Negative Comment:Mucopolysaccharides (glycosaminoglycans) are complex molecules which contain repeating disaccharide units. Excessive excretion occurs in the heritable disorders of connective tissue known as mucopolysaccharidosis such as Hurler’s disease Sample: Spot urine