Laboratory Diagnosis of Tick-Borne Infections
Part 2
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July 2010
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- Introduction
- Presentation Outline
- Tick-Borne Diseases
- Advantages and Limitations of Conventional Tests
- Molecular Diagnostic Methods Potential Advantages
- Molecular Diagnostic Methods Potential Disadvantages
- Treatment and Diagnostic Recommendations
- Case 1
- Diagnostic Workup
- Representative Image Giemsa-stained Peripheral Blood Smear
- Differential Diagnosis
- Which one is Plasmodium falciparum?
- Main Morphologic Features Table
- Classic Maltese Cross
- Extracellular Forms of Babesiosis
- Side-by-Side Comparison
- Further Workup
- Malaria PCR
- Babesia microti PCR
- Advantages/Uses of PCR
- Potential Disadvantages
- Potential Disadvantages
- Case 2
- Lyme Disease: Diagnostic Approach
- Reported Cases of Lyme Disease, 2008
- Serologic Assay: Test of Choice for Diagnosis of Lyme Disease
- Case 2, Further Workup
- Potential Roles for PCR
- Which Specimens Should be Tested by PCR?
- PCR for Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in Blood
- Case 3
- Live Tick Image
- Tick Image Close Up
- IDSA Guidelines
- IDSA Guidelines, continued
- Testing of Ticks by PCR
- Case 4
- Tick-Borne PCR Panel
- Diagnostic Tests for HME and HGA
- PCR for Diagnosis of Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis
- Ehrlichia and Anaplasma PCR Assay Graph
- Phylogenetic Tree
- Ehrlichia muris-like Organism
- All Patients with EML had Tick Exposure
- Prevention of Tick-Borne Diseases
- Conclusions
- Conclusions, continued
- Questions?
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