Short Name: NTSHSample required: SerumResult Time: 1 Days Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH or thyrotropin) is a glycoprotein secreted by thyrotrophic cells of the anterior pituitary. It consists of two sub-units: the alpha sub-unit which is common to FSH, LH, hCG and TSH, and the beta sub-unit which is biologically specific and antigenically distinct. TSH is part
Read moreShort Name: NT4Sample required: SerumResult Time: 1 Days Thyroxine (T4) is one of two major hormones produced by the thyroid gland; the other one being triiodothyronine (T3). T4 makes up nearly 90% of thyroid hormones, while T3 makes up less than 10%. Inside the thyroid gland, T4 is bound to a protein called thyroglobulin. When
Read moreShort Name: N-BILSample required: SerumResult Time: 2 Days Bilirubin metabolism begins with the breakdown of red blood cells in many parts of the body. Heme is converted to bilirubin, which is then carried by albumin in the blood to the liver, where it gets chemically attached to uridine diphosphoglucuronic acid forming conjugated bilirubin (direct bilirubin).
Read moreShort Name: NESSSample required: Urine, Urethral discharge, vaginal swabResult Time: 2 Days This test is based on amplification of the DNA that is present in Neisseria gonorrhoea. Molecular testing for Neisseria gonorrhoea is currently the standard and is widely utilized.
Read moreShort Name: MYCHO P PCRSample required: SerumResult Time: 2 Days
Read moreShort Name: MPA-MSample required: SerumResult Time: 1 Days IgM antibodies are the first to be produced by the body in response to infection. Levels of IgM rise for a short time period and then decline, often remaining detectable in the blood for several months. Testing for specific IgM can be useful to confirm a positive
Read moreShort Name: MPA-GSample required: SerumResult Time: 1 Days Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an etiologic agent of febrile primary atypical pneumonia. Upper respiratory tract infections (nasopharyingitis and tracheitis) are common in both adults and children and more rarely, cardiac (pericarditis), neurological (acute idiopathic polyneuritis and meningoencephalitis) and mucocutaneous (erosive dermosis) symptoms have been attributed to this bacterium.
Read moreShort Name: TB-PCRSample required: Sputum, Respiratory/Body Fluids or UrineResult Time: 4 Days Mycobacterium tuberculosis, along with M. bovis, M. africanum, and M. microti all cause the disease known as tuberculosis (TB) and are members of the tuberculosis species complex. Each member of the TB complex is pathogenic; M. tuberculosis being the major pathogen for humans,
Read moreShort Name: MUM-MSample required: SerumResult Time: 1 Days The appearance of specific IgM antibodies occurs about 15 days after infection, and is almost always present by the time of clinical illness. See Mumps Virus Antibodies, IgG, Serum
Read moreShort Name: MUM-GSample required: SerumResult Time: 1 Days Mumps is an enveloped, single stranded RNA virus belonging to the family paramyxoviridae. It is a highly contagious viral disease spread in airborne droplet nuclei. It has a long incubation time (20 days) and mainly affects children, causing painful swelling of one or both parotid glands. It
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