IMSE FINALS PRAC Flashcards
(56 cards)
DEFINE PHAGOCYTOSIS
PROCESS BY WHICH SPECIALIZED CELLS ENGULF AND DESTROY FOREIGN PARTICLES.
WHAT ARE THE 2 PHAGOCYTIC CELLS
NEUTROPHILS
MACROPHAGES
STAIN USED IN PHAGOCYTIC ENGULFMENT
WRIGHT STAIN
WHAT TYPE OF SPECIMEN IS USED IN PHAGOCYTIC ENGULFMENT
HEPARINIZED BLOOD
BACTERIAL CULTURE USED IN PHAGOCYTIC ENGULFMENT
ESCHERICHIA COLI BROTH CULTURE
PRODUCING FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT IN PHAGOCYTIC ENGULFMENT
THE BLOOD SPECIMEN IS NOT FRESH.
IF COAGULASE POSITIVE S.AUREUS IS USED.
WHY WE SHOULD USE INTRACELLULAR BACTERIA FOR PHAGOCYTOSIS
TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE HOST IMMUNE DEFENSES
FAILURE OF PHAGOCYTOSIS TO ENGULF BACTERIA
NEUTROPHILIC DYSFUNCTION
PRINCIPLE OF CRP TEST
REVERSE PASSIVE AGGLUTINATION
RESULT OF CRP INDICATING SMOOTH MILKY APPEARANCE
NEGATIVE RESULT
COMPONENTS OF CRP POSITIVE CONTROL
HUMAN SERUM CONTAINS MORE THAN 6mg/L CRP and less than 0.1% sodium azide
COMPONENTS OF CRP NEGATIVE CONTROL
HUMAN SERUM DILUTED AND STABILIZED WITH BUFFER AND CONTAINS LESS THAN 0.1% SODIUM AZIDE
IF RESULT IS SUSPECTED DUE TO PROZONE EFFECT
REPEAT THE TEST USING DILUTED SERUM
WHO DISCOVERED CRP IN 1930
TILLET AND FRANCIS
WHAT IS THE IMMUNITY ROLE OF CRP
INNATE IMMUNITY
TEMPERATURE USED TO DESTROY CRP
56C
CRP CONCENTRATION ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH RISK
MORE THAN 3mg/L
NORMAL LEVELS OF CRP
0.47 to 1.34mg/L
PRIOR TO USE OF CRP REAGENT
WARM UP TO ROOM TEMPERATURE
SPECIMEN USED IN SERIAL DILUTION
EDTA BLOOD
HOW MANY TIMES TO WASH RED CELLS IN SERIAL DILUTION
3 TIMES
USED TO WASH TUBE IN SERIAL DILUTION
NORMAL SALINE SOLUTION (NSS)
WHAT TO REMOVE WHILE WASHING THE TUBES IN SERIAL DILUTION
SUPERNATANT
CRP CONCENTRATION ASSOCIATED IN LOW RISK CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Less than 1 mg/L