Exam 22: Serology of Parasitic and Fungal Infections

The causative agent of infectious mononucleosis is

The Paul Bunnell test for mononucleosis would detect which of the following?

A patient has an antibody profile for Epstein-Barr virus performed with the following results: EBVCA IgM = pos; EBVCA IgG = pos; EBV-NA = neg; EBV-EA = neg.This patient has which of the following?

In the routine diagnosis of rubella virus,which type of laboratory test should be ordered first?

Which of the following positive antibody tests may be an indication of recent vaccination or early primary infection for rubella in a patient with no clinical symptoms?

A patient has the following hepatitis profile: anti-HAV IgM = not detected; HBsAg = not detected; anti-HBc IgM = not detected; anti-HBc total = not detected; anti-HBs = detected; anti-HCV = not detected.What is his diagnosis?

A physician wants to know if his patient who currently has a rash and fever has an active varicella-zoster virus infection.IgG against varicella-zoster virus was detected.IgM against varicella-zoster virus was not detected.What do these results mean for the patient?

A positive rubella titer in a healthy,nonpregnant 22-year-old female most likely indicates which of the following?

All of the following are characteristic of the Epstein Barr virus EXCEPT:

A 14-year-old boy presents to the physician complaining of sore throat,fatigue,and fever for the last week.A monotest was performed and was reported as positive.This boy has:

A patient was diagnosed with acute hepatitis B infection 9 months ago and has follow-up testing performed today.The following results are obtained: anti-HAV IgM = not detected; HBsAg = not detected; anti-HBc IgM = not detected; anti-HBc total = detected; anti-HBs = detected; anti-HCV = not detected.What is the diagnosis now?

In the routine diagnosis of hepatitis C virus,which type of laboratory test should be ordered first?

Serology is performed on a patient with a rash and fever with the following results: rubella IgM = positive; rubella IgG = positive; measles IgM = negative; measles IgG = positive; varicella-zoster IgM = negative; varicella-zoster IgG = negative.What is the interpretation of these results?

In the slide test for infectious mononucleosis,what purpose do the guinea pig kidney cells serve?

In a slide agglutination test for mononucleosis using guinea pig kidney and horse red blood cells,if there is no agglutination when the horse red cells are added,what conclusion can be drawn?

A patient with infectious mononucleosis would have what outstanding feature in the hematology evaluation?

A physician suspects that his patient has infectious mononucleosis.Heterophile antibody tests are negative.Serological testing for Epstein-Barr virus was performed with the following results obtained: EBV VCA IgM = neg; EBV VCA IgG = neg; EBV-EA = neg; EBV-NA = neg.What is this person's status with regards to EBV?

Serologic test results indicating that a patient is a chronic carrier of hepatitis B would be which of the following?

A patient presents to the physician complaining of a 4-week history of fever,malaise,and irritability.The patient admits to feeling better as compared to how he felt even a week ago.The physician thinks that the patient might have had cytomegalovirus (CMV).Which of the following sets of serologic results would you see in this patient if he is recovering from CMV?

In infectious mononucleosis,which of the following would be detectable earliest in the infection,thereby indicating a current infection?