Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria that can infect both men and women. It commonly affects the urethra, rectum or throat, and can also infect the cervix in women.
Common Symptoms
- Painful urination
- Pus-like discharge from penis or vagina
- Abdominal pain
- Rectal bleeding
- Sore throat
Clinical Sources
- Gonorrhea: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment & PreventionCleveland Clinic
- Gonorrhea | The Clap | MedlinePlusMedlinePlus
Diagnostic Lab Tests
Tests commonly used to diagnose or monitor Gonorrhea:
DNA TB PCR
The DNA TB PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test is a rapid molecular diagnostic tool used ...
AFB Culture (Conventional)
The Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) Culture is a laboratory test used to grow and identify mycobac...
Discharge From Nipple For Culture And Sensitivity
This test involves collecting fluid discharged from the nipple to identify pathogenic bact...
TB GeneXpert (RT-PCR)
The TB GeneXpert is a molecular test that uses Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR...
Stool Culture and Sensitivity
The Stool Culture and Sensitivity test is a primary diagnostic tool used to identify the p...
Throat Swab for Culture and Sensitivity
A Throat Swab Culture is used to detect the presence of harmful bacteria in the posterior ...
Adenoid Tissue For Culture And Sensitivity
The adenoids are a patch of lymphoid tissue located high in the throat, just behind the no...
Pleural Fluid For Culture And Sensitivity
The pleural space is the thin gap between the lungs and the chest wall, containing a small...
Spore Stain
The Spore Stain, most commonly utilizing the Schaeffer-Fulton method, is a specialized dif...
TB IgM, IgG, IgA
The TB Serology test measures the levels of different antibodies (IgM, IgG, and IgA) produ...
Ear Pus for Culture and Sensitivity
The Ear Pus Culture and Sensitivity test is a critical diagnostic tool used to identify th...
Culture and Sensitivity
The Culture and Sensitivity (C&S) test is the gold standard in microbiology for diagnosing...
Nail Clipping for Fungus (KOH Mount and Culture)
The Nail Clipping for Fungus test is a diagnostic procedure used to identify fungal infect...
Urine For A.F.B
The Urine for Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) test is a laboratory procedure used to detect mycoba...
Throat Swab For Fungus
The Throat Swab for Fungus test is used to identify fungal overgrowth in the oropharynx. W...
Sputum for Fungal Elements
This test involves the microscopic examination and culture of sputum (deeply coughed-up ph...
Ascitic Fluid ADA Levels
Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) is an enzyme involved in purine metabolism. It is primarily rele...
Skin Scraping For Fungal Culture
The Skin Scraping for Fungal Culture is a diagnostic laboratory procedure used to identify...
Sputum Culture (Diphtheria & Pyogenic Organisms)
A Sputum Culture for Diphtheria and Pyogenic Organisms is a laboratory test used to identi...
Smear for Gram Stain
The Gram Stain is one of the most critical and rapid tests in microbiology. It uses a seri...
Gram's Stain
The Gram's Stain is a rapid laboratory test used to identify the general type of bacteria ...
Blood for Culture & Sensitivity
A Blood Culture is a laboratory test used to detect the presence of microorganisms, such a...
Sputum for Gram Stain
A Sputum Gram Stain is a laboratory test used to detect the presence of bacteria in a samp...
Widal Test (Slide Method)
The Widal test is a serological test used to diagnose enteric fever, which includes Typhoi...
Albert's Stain
Albert's Stain is a specialized differential staining technique used in microbiology to id...
AFB Culture (Radiometric)
The AFB (Acid-Fast Bacilli) Culture using radiometric methods (such as the BACTEC system) ...
Synovial Fluid For AFB
This test involves the microscopic examination (smear) and culture of synovial fluid (join...
Skin Scraping for Culture & Sensitivity
Skin scraping for culture and sensitivity is a laboratory procedure used to identify the s...
Pleural Fluid - AFB Smear
The Pleural Fluid Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) Smear is a critical diagnostic tool used to dete...
LPCB Mount
The Lactophenol Cotton Blue (LPCB) Mount is the most widely used staining and mounting med...
AFB Culture & Sensitivity (Conventional)
The AFB Culture and Sensitivity test is the 'gold standard' for diagnosing tuberculosis (T...
Eye Swab for C/S
The Eye Swab for Culture and Sensitivity (C/S) is a diagnostic procedure performed to iden...
Fungal Culture
A Fungal Culture is used to diagnose fungal infections (mycoses) of the skin, nails, hair,...
Wound Pus for Culture and Sensitivity
A Wound Culture and Sensitivity test is a laboratory procedure used to identify the specif...
Stool For Culture And Sensitivity
A Stool Culture and Sensitivity test is used to identify harmful bacteria (pathogens) in t...
Pus Culture & Sensitivity
A Pus Culture and Sensitivity test is used to identify the specific aerobic and facultativ...
Anaerobic Culture
Anaerobic cultures are designed to detect bacteria that can only survive in environments w...
Sputum for Culture & Sensitivity
The Sputum Culture and Sensitivity test is a critical diagnostic tool used to identify pat...
HSV 1 & 2 DNA Qualitative PCR
The Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) 1 & 2 DNA Qualitative PCR test uses Polymerase Chain Reacti...
Skin Clip for A.F.B. 4 Sites
The Skin Clip or Slit-Skin Smear (SSS) for Acid-Fast Bacilli (A.F.B.) is a specialized dia...
Antral Wash for Culture & Sensitivity
Antral Wash for Culture and Sensitivity is a diagnostic procedure where the maxillary sinu...
Urine for Culture & Sensitivity
The Urine Culture and Sensitivity (C&S) test is the gold standard for diagnosing Urinary T...
Ascitic Fluid For Culture And Sensitivity
This test involves the culturing of peritoneal fluid (ascites) accumulated in the abdomina...
Operating Theatre Swabs (Anaerobic Culture)
This test involves culturing swabs taken from surgical environments (Operating Theatre) sp...
Urethral Swab Culture and Sensitivity
Urethral Swab Culture and Sensitivity is a diagnostic laboratory procedure used to identif...
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Antigen Detection
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a unique bacterium that lacks a cell wall, making it naturally re...
Pleural Fluid Proteins
Pleural fluid protein measurement is used to evaluate the composition of fluid accumulated...
Blood for Culture & Sensitivity (Radiometric)
Blood Culture and Sensitivity (Radiometric) is a sophisticated microbiological test design...
CSF ADA Levels
Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) is an enzyme involved in purine metabolism. It is primarily foun...
Synovial Fluid for Gram Stain
The Synovial Fluid Gram Stain is a rapid diagnostic test used to identify the presence of ...
HSV 2 IgG
The HSV 2 IgG test is a blood test used to detect type-specific antibodies against the Her...
Sputum For Culture and Sensitivity
Sputum Culture and Sensitivity is a laboratory test used to detect and identify bacteria o...
TB IgM
The TB IgM test is a serological assay designed to detect Immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodie...
MTB PCR Any Sample
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test is a molecular d...
Urine For AFB (3 Samples)
The Urine for AFB (Acid-Fast Bacilli) test is a specialized microbiological culture and mi...
Semen for Culture and Sensitivity
The Semen Culture and Sensitivity test is a microbiological procedure used to detect and i...
Tb Platinum Igra, Blood
The Interferon-Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) is a modern blood test used to detect infection ...
Fungal Culture and Sensitivity
A fungal culture is used to determine if a fungus is causing an infection in the skin, nai...
Fluid For C/S
The Culture and Sensitivity (C/S) test on body fluids is a critical microbiological proced...
Synovial Fluid For Culture And Sensitivity
The Synovial Fluid Culture and Sensitivity (C/S) test is a critical diagnostic procedure u...
Hair Clipping For Fungal Elements
Microscopic examination and culture of hair clippings are used to detect dermatophytes (fu...
Urethral Smear for Gram Stain
The Urethral Smear Gram Stain is a rapid diagnostic test used to identify bacteria in the ...
Cyst Culture and Sensitivity
A Cyst Culture and Sensitivity test is performed to identify the presence of pathogenic mi...
Eye Swab For C/S (Left)
The Eye Swab for Culture and Sensitivity (C/S) is a microbiological procedure used to iden...
AFB Culture & Sensitivity (Radiometric)
AFB (Acid-Fast Bacilli) Culture and Sensitivity is the gold standard for diagnosing infect...
CSF For Culture & Sensitivity (Radiometric)
Culture and Sensitivity (C&S) of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) is used to identify the specifi...
Corneal Scraping For C/S
Corneal Scraping for Culture and Sensitivity (C/S) is a critical diagnostic procedure used...
Eye Swab For C/S (Right)
An eye swab for Culture and Sensitivity (C/S) involves collecting discharge or secretions ...
Fluid For Culture & Sensitivity (Radiometric)
A Culture and Sensitivity (C&S) test of body fluids (such as pleural, peritoneal, pericard...
Adenosine Deaminase (ADA), Ascitic Fluid
Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) is an enzyme involved in purine metabolism, primarily produced b...
Urine For Culture And Sensitivity
The Urine Culture and Sensitivity test is designed to identify specific bacteria or yeast ...
Bronchial Washing for AFB
The Bronchial Washing for Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) test is a critical diagnostic tool used ...
Nail Scraping for C/S
Nail Scraping for Culture and Sensitivity (C/S) is the definitive method for identifying t...
Slit Skin Smear (3 Site)
The Slit Skin Smear (SSS) is a specialized diagnostic test used primarily for the detectio...
CSF Culture and Sensitivity
The Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Culture and Sensitivity (C/S) test is a critical diagnostic ...
Swab for Culture and Sensitivity
The Swab Culture and Sensitivity test is designed to isolate and identify infectious micro...
Urine for AFB Culture and Sensitivity
The Urine for AFB (Acid-Fast Bacilli) Culture and Sensitivity test is designed to identify...
Nasal Discharge For Culture and Sensitivity
The Nasal Culture and Sensitivity (C/S) test is designed to identify pathogenic bacteria o...
Synovial Fluid For ADA Levels
Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) is an enzyme involved in purine metabolism. It is primarily foun...
Vaginal Swab For Culture and Sensitivity
The Vaginal Culture and Sensitivity test identifies pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria, y...
Urethral Pus for Culture and Sensitivity
The Urethral Pus Culture and Sensitivity test is a diagnostic procedure used to identify t...
ADA (Adenosine Deaminase) Levels
Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) is an enzyme involved in purine metabolism. Its primary biologic...
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