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dark field microscopic examination
what is 'dark field microscopic examination'?
Definition for Dark field microscopic examination
Dark field microscopic examination is also known as: dark-field examination, direct dark field examination
Dark field microscopic examination is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: bejel, yaws and cholera.
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bejel
spirochetal disease infecting skin and other tissues
Dark field microscopic examination and bejel
yaws
spirochetal infection of bones and skin
Dark field microscopic examination and yaws
cholera
severe bacterial diarrhea
Dark field microscopic examination and cholera
Lyme disease
multisystem tick borne spirochetal infectious disease
Dark field microscopic examination and Lyme disease
syphilis
multisystem chronic STD
Dark field microscopic examination and syphilis
leptospirosis
multisystem spirochetal infectious disease
Dark field microscopic examination and leptospirosis
rat bite fever
influenza like bacterial illness tranmitted by rats
Dark field microscopic examination and rat bite fever
relapsing fever
bacterial illness with recurring fever
Dark field microscopic examination and relapsing fever
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Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (FTA-ABS)
Dark field microscopic examination and Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (FTA-ABS)
RPR (rapid plasma reagin)
Dark field microscopic examination and RPR (rapid plasma reagin)
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test
Dark field microscopic examination and Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test
Complete Blood Count
Dark field microscopic examination and Complete Blood Count
Intravenous (IV) lactated Ringer (LR) solution
Dark field microscopic examination and Intravenous (IV) lactated Ringer (LR) solution
Intravenous (IV) normal saline (NS)
Dark field microscopic examination and Intravenous (IV) normal saline (NS)
T pallidum hemagglutination (TPHA)
Dark field microscopic examination and T pallidum hemagglutination (TPHA)
Warthin-Starry silver stain
Dark field microscopic examination and Warthin-Starry silver stain
Complete metabolic panel
Dark field microscopic examination and Complete metabolic panel
serum electrolytes
Dark field microscopic examination and serum electrolytes
stool exam by darkfield microscopy
Dark field microscopic examination and stool exam by darkfield microscopy
CT brain
Dark field microscopic examination and CT brain
CT scan
Dark field microscopic examination and CT scan
Cerebrospinal Fluid analysis
Dark field microscopic examination and Cerebrospinal Fluid analysis
Cerebrospinal Fluid opening pressure
Dark field microscopic examination and Cerebrospinal Fluid opening pressure
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
Dark field microscopic examination and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
Lumbar Puncture
Dark field microscopic examination and Lumbar Puncture
Brain MRI
Dark field microscopic examination and Brain MRI
BUN
Dark field microscopic examination and BUN
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Dark field microscopic examination and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
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tetracycline
Dark field microscopic examination and tetracycline
doxycycline
Dark field microscopic examination and doxycycline
erythromycin
Dark field microscopic examination and erythromycin
benzathine penicillin g
Dark field microscopic examination and benzathine penicillin g
doxycycline(vibramycin)
Dark field microscopic examination and doxycycline(vibramycin)
tetracycline(sumycin)
Dark field microscopic examination and tetracycline(sumycin)
ceftriaxone(rocephin , ceftriaxone sodium)
Dark field microscopic examination and ceftriaxone(rocephin , ceftriaxone sodium)
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Microscope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term microscopic means minute or very small, not visible with ... Dark field microscopy. Electron Microscope. Fluorescence interference contrast microscopy ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscope
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Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Congenital Syphilis
... confirmed by a reactive treponemal test, 2) a positive darkfield microscopic ... Direct examination of lesion or tissue. Darkfield microscopy ...
http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0026330/m0026330.asp
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Case Definitions - 2001 STD Surveillance
... both a) no evidence of Treponema pallidum infection by darkfield microscopic ... Any evidence of congenital syphilis on physical examination ...
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats01/2001CaseDef.htm
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eMedicine - Cholera : Article by Vidhu V Thaker
Direct microscopic examination: V cholerae is a gram-negative curved bacillus ... motility can be examined easily by direct dark field examination of the stool. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic382.htm
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Isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus from a Patient with ...
... bacterial cells seen by dark-field microscopic examination of the cultures resembled ... staining) and dark-field examination; additionally, corkscrew-like ...
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Syphilis Tests
Syphilis tests detect antibodies to the bacterium that causes syphilis ... Darkfield microscopic examination. Normal: No syphilis bacteria are seen. Abnormal: ...
http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/syphilis-tests?page=%...
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Microscopy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Microscopic examination) Jump to: navigation, ... 1.2.3 Dark field optical microscopy and what it means. 1.2.4 Phase contrast optical microscopy ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopic_examination
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Case Definitions - STD Surveillance 2003
... both a) no evidence of Treponema pallidum infection by darkfield microscopic ... Microscopic evidence of urethritis ( 5 white blood cells per high-power field) ...
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats03/casedef.htm
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Syphilis - secondary
Secondary syphilis is the second stage of the sexually transmitted disease This stage is the most contagious of all ... darkfield microscopic examination. ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/000854sym.htm
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1998 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Disease
Darkfield microscopic examination or direct fluorescent antibody staining of ... titer, or c) a positive darkfield or fluorescent antibody test of body ...
http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/STD/STD98TG/STD98T07.HTM
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Murine Model for Lymphocytic Tropism by Borrelia burgdorferi
... each preparation for dark-field examination to confirm spirochetal adherence. ... Dark-field microscopic examination of the resulting complexes formed between ...
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Congenital Syphilis-STD Treatment Guidelines 2006
Treatment guidelines for sexually transmitted diseases, from CDC's Division ... Darkfield microscopic examination or DFA staining of suspicious lesions or body ...
http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2006/congenital-syphilis.htm
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eMedicine - Oral Examination : Article by Denis Lynch
... the microscopic findings, in conjunction with the clinical ... however, a dark-field or phase contrast microscope is necessary for in-office diagnosis. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic836.htm
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2002 Treatment Guidelines -3
Treatment guidelines for sexually transmitted diseases from CDC's Division of ... Darkfield microscopic examination or direct fluorescent antibody staining of ...
http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/3-2002TG.htm
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Microscope slide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Microscopic slide) ... In the case of dark field microscopy, dust particles and minute scratches can cause ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopic_slide
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National Inventory of Clinical Laboratory Testing Services (NICLTS ...
All Body Fluid Elements Microscopic ID P. 04130. All Darkfield Examinations. 04265 ... Examination (Gross and Microscopic) Gross and Microscopic Examination ...
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/mlp/nicltstl.aspx
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eMedicine - Syphilis : Article by Todd A McGregor
Darkfield microscopic diagnosis of oral lesions should be avoided because of the ... A positive darkfield examination is the only means of making an absolute ...
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic563.htm
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Recruitment of Macrophages and Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes in Lyme ...
... (Hausser Scientific Partnership, Horsham, PA) under dark-field microscopy. ... for inflammation by microscopic examination at low (×2.5)-, intermediate ...
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CDC - Antimicrobial Resistance among Campylobacter Strains, United ...
Antimicrobial Resistance among Campylobacter Strains, United States, ... to be Campylobacter by dark-field microscopic examination and hippurate hydrolysis (20 ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no6/03-0635.htm
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eMedicine - Campylobacter Infections : Article by Mahmud H Javid
Darkfield or phase-contrast microscopy of fecal specimens for ... detected with direct light microscopic examination using methylene blue or Gram stain. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic263.htm
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Secondary Syphilitic Lesions
As noted above, dark-field microscopic examination is actually the only test that ... to the situation with primary syphilis, dark-field microscopic examination is ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance
Division of Informatics ... List of Nationally Notifiable Diseases. Alphabetical List of ... Treponema pallidum infection by darkfield microscopic examination ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncphi/disss/nndss/casedef/chancroid_current.htm
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Case Definitions Print Page
A sexually transmitted disease characterized by painful genital ulceration and ... no evidence of Treponema pallidum infection by darkfield microscopic examination ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncphi/disss/nndss/print/chancroid_current.htm
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eMedicine - Benign Cervical Lesions : Article by Paul Kaminski
... is best made using a dark-field microscopic examination of exudate taken from the ... considered and both the dark-field examination and the RPR test findings ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3297.htm
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Histology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For autoradiography on a microscopic level, the slide is typically dipped into ... Individual silver grains in the film are visualized with dark field microscopy. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopic_anatomy
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Categorization of Tests and Personnel Modifications
... examinations are performed during a patient's physical examination ... differentials, microscopic examinations of hair morphology, dark-field examinations ...
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/clia/docs/60fr20035.htm
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eMedicine - Leptospirosis : Article by Patrick W Hickey
... with the number of leptospires found on microscopic examination of tissue. ... from infected tissues by using dark-field microscopy or direct fluorescent-antibody ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1298.htm
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OspB Antibody Prevents Borrelia burgdorferi Colonization of Ixodes ...
... washed three times with PBS-Tween 20, and mounted in glycerol for examination. ... by dark-field microscopic observation of the loss of spirochete motility and ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=356050
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Diversity and Distribution of Borrelia hermsii | CDC EID
Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease ... wing's brachial vein and darkfield microscopic examination (×400) of the wet, unstained blood. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/3/436.htm?s_cid=eid436_x
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A temperature-sensitive adenylyl cyclase mutant of Dictyostelium
Microscopic examination showed that the fruiting bodies consisted of normal ... Previously, high-frequency dark field waves were shown to exist in a variety of axenic ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=384365
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Tickborne Relapsing Fever and Malaria, Togo | CDC EID
Microscopic examination for spirochetes was used at the clinics to enable ... have shown positive results if dark-field or fluorescent microscopy had been used, ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/13/1/117.htm
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Biological Warfare Agents - eMedicine.com
Offers information on history, dissemination, bacterial and viral agents, and biological toxins.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic853.htm
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Parasitism by Virulent Treponema pallidum of Host Cell Surfaces
... orientation of treponemes to host cell surfaces was demonstrated by dark-field microscopic examination of wet-mount preparations and scanning and transmission ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=421099
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Genetics and Regulation of Chitobiose Utilization in Borrelia burgdorferi
... the second exponential phase looked normal by microscopic examination (Fig. 6 E). By dark-field examination, few if any viable spirochetes were found at the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=95445
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Treating Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed and
Physical examination might show bibasilar rales with evidence of respiratory ... examination is indicated for children who have had Toxoplasma chorioretinitis ...
http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/TreatmentofOI_Children.pdf
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Are There Naturally Occurring Pleomorphic Bacteria in the Blood of ...
Dark-field microscopy of blood from healthy individuals revealed the existence of ... For light microscopic examination, blood samples from 25 healthy volunteers were ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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Competence of American Robins as Reservoir Hosts for Lyme Disease ...
... of spirochetes in these infecting nymphs was verified by dark-field microscopic examination of the gut contents of the resulting adults; virtually all (97 ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no2/richter.htm
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eMedicine - Pediatrics, Diaper Rash : Article by A Antoine Kazzi
Diaper rash, or diaper dermatitis, is a general term describing any of a number of inflammatory skin conditions that ... Dark field microscopic examination for ...
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic374.htm
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Note: Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Imported from West Africa: Diagnosis ...
... was studied by microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained thick ... quantitated by dark-field microscopy was mixed with 10 ml of EDTA-anticoagulated whole ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?&artid=85019
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Case Definitions for Public Health Surveillance
... by darkfield examination of ulcer exudate or by a serologic test for syphilis ... specimens by darkfield, fluorescent antibody, or equivalent microscopic methods ...
http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0025629/m0025629.asp
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Advancing HIV Prevention: Interim Technical Guidance for Selected ...
Darkfield examination or direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) of exudate of lesion ... Microscopic examination of wet mount or culture of vaginal secretions. Herpes ...
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/prev_prog/AHP/resources/guidel...
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Note: Specific Antibodies Reactive with the 22-Kilodalton Major Outer ...
Examination was done by dark-field microscopy of 1 drop of blood collected ... Spirochetemia was evaluated by dark-field microscopic examination of six different 10 ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=116016
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Rerouting the Plant Phenylpropanoid Pathway by Expression of a Novel ...
Microscopic Examination of Second Generation Segregating Progeny ... ring was observed under a dark field (Wild Heerbrugg stereomicroscope [Wild Leitz, ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=139547
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Syphilis Tests - Yahoo! Health
Tests used to screen for syphilis include: ... Darkfield microscopy. ... Darkfield microscopic examination. Normal: No syphilis bacteria are seen. Abnormal: ...
http://health.yahoo.com/sexualhealth-diagnosis/syphilis-test...
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CDC - Human Infection Caused by Leptospira fainei
Direct examination by dark-field microscopy of the CSF from day 2 was performed and ... techniques with the genus-specific microscopic agglutination test. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no8/01-0445.htm
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Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections ...
Recommendations from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the HIV Medicine Association of the ...
http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/contentfiles/Pediatric_OI_PDA.pdf
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Optical microscope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... light from the object allows examination of specimens that would be too ... illuminators can be used for dark field microscopy, using either reflected or ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_microscope
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Conspicuous Veils Formed by Vibrioid Bacteria on Sulfidic Marine Sediment
Dark-field illumination was applied by illuminating the samples with a collimated ... Upon microscopic examination of the veils, it was found that they were formed by ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=134441
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Distinct But Conserved Functions for Two Chloroplastic NADP-Malic ...
B, Dark-field (more ... A, Dark-field view of a longitudinal section through ... rinses with 70% (v/v) ethanol were carried out before microscopic examination. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=148954
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Markers for Detergent-resistant Lipid Rafts Occupy Distinct and Dynamic ...
... dark patches in Figure 5A show up as light areas in the dark-field STEM image. ... By electron microscopic examination of gold-labeled membrane sheets from ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=420084
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