Platelets are cell fragments vital for normal blood clotting. Platelet function tests help diagnose platelet disorders or monitor anti-platelet therapy.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are staph bacteria resistant to the antibiotic methicillin and other beta-lactams. MRSA screening identifies people with MRSA so they can be treated and prevent spread of MRSA.
Dengue fever is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes that causes symptoms such as high fever, severe headache and pain behind the eyes, bleeding and easy bruising. Blood testing detects the dengue virus or antibodies produced in response to dengue infection.
Explains how lupus anticoagulant testing is used, such as to help investigate the cause of a blood clot or recurrent miscarriage, when lupus anticoagulant testing is ordered, and what the results of lupus anticoagulant testing might mean
Overview of liquid biopsy (also called circulating tumor cell (CTC) count or circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)), used in very specific situations to help determine prognosis and guide treatment of certain cancers
Describes how the test for FIP1L1-PDGFRA is used to help investigate the cause of hypereosinophilia, when the test is ordered, and what the results of a FIP1L1-PDGFRA test might mean. It is an abnormal fusion gene sequence that causes excessive growth of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell.
