Description
Neisseria gonorrhoeae RNA, TMA, Urogenital - Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococci) is the causative agent of gonorrhea. In men, this disease generally results in anterior urethritis accompanied by purulent exudate. In women, the disease is most often found in the cervix, but the vagina and uterus may also be infected.Gonorrhea passes from person to person through unprotected oral, anal, or vaginal sex. People with numerous sexual partners or those who don’t use a condom are at greatest risk of infection. The best protections against infection are abstinence, monogamy (sex with only one partner), and proper condom usage. Behaviors that make a person more likely to engage in unprotected sex also increase the likelihood of infection. These behaviors include alcohol abuse and illegal drug abuse, particularly intravenous drug use.
Women are at greater risk of long-term complications from untreated infections. Untreated infection with gonorrhea in women may ascend up the female reproductive tract and involve the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries. This condition is known as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and can cause severe and chronic pain and damage the female reproductive organs.When gonorrhea infection spreads to the bloodstream, both men and women can experience arthritis, heart valve damage, or inflammation of the lining of the brain or spinal cord. These are rare but serious conditions.
This test directly detects the presence of Chlamydia ribosomal RNA (rRNA). This test can be performed on either swab or urine specimens collected from men or women. It is based on transcription- mediated amplification (TMA). A positive TMA result is highly indicative of Chlamydia infection.A positive test indicates an active gonorrhea infection that requires treatment with a course of antibiotics.
A negative test means only that there is no evidence of infection at the time of the test. It is important for those who are at increased risk of infection to have screening tests performed on a annual basis to check for possible infection.If you are infected, your sexual partner(s) should also be tested and treated as well.
QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus, 1 Tube - QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus is an indirect test for M. tuberculosis infection (including disease) and is intended for use in conjunction with risk assessment, radiography and other medical and diagnostic evaluations.
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by germs that are spread from person to person through the air. It usually affects the lungs, but sometimes also affects other parts of the body such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine. A person with TB can die from it if it is left untreated. Usually, when people are sick from active TB germs, the germs are multiplying and destroying tissue in the body. They normally experience symptoms. TB disease is contagious if it’s in the lungs or throat (which it usually is). When these results are taken to a doctor, they will be prescribed with treatment to cure TB.
Symptoms of TB disease can be Sickness,Weakness,Unintentional Weight Loss,Night Sweats,Fever,Chest pain,Coughing or Coughing up blood.When a person with Tuberculosis disease of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, sings, or even just speak it puts out the TB germs into the air and risks other people around them.These germs can stay in the air for several hours, but it all depends on the environment.
RPR (Monitor) with Reflex to Titer - This is a non-treponemal screening test for syphilis. False positive results may occur due to systemic lupus erythematosus, leprosy, brucellosis, atypical pneumonia, typhus, yaws, pinta, or pregnancy. Monitoring of RPR is helpful in assessing effectiveness of therapy.
Syphilis is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacteria T. Pallidum (Treponema pallidum). The disease can be cured with antibiotics if identified during the first two stages of syphilis, and it can become increasingly difficult to cure in its late stages.
We use a Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) test to screen for syphilis. The RPR test searches for antibodies to the substances given off by cells when a syphilis infection damages them. The presence of these antibodies indicates if you have a syphilis infection or not. We not only look for the presence of these antibodies, but we provide you with the concentrated amount of antibodies found.
Syphilis is infamous for being difficult to diagnose without testing. This is because syphilis rarely displays symptoms, and even if it does, they can be so mild that it is easy to confuse it with other things. The symptoms will also come and go, but syphilis will never cure itself.Syphilis has three stages: primary, secondary, and tertiary.
