Tag Gregory A. Storch

Diagnostic Microbiology

Laboratory evidence to support the diagnosis of an infectious disease may be based on one or more of the following: direct examination of specimens using microscopic or antigen detection techniques, isolation of microorganisms in culture, serologic testing, host gene expression…

Use of Common Clinical Laboratory Tests to Assess Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases

Acute Phase Response Stimuli of many kinds, including infection, trauma, hemorrhage, or ischemia, activate the innate immune system through binding of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and/or danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) to pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) on the surface of neutrophils, monocytes,…