44023-0

Bacteria [Presence] in Vaginal fluid by Wet preparation

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Part Descriptions

LP14082-9   Bacteria
One of the three domains of life (the others being Eukarya and Archaea), also called Eubacteria. They are unicellular prokaryotic microorganisms which generally possess rigid cell walls and multiply by cell division. They exhibit three principal forms: round or coccal, rodlike or bacillary, and spiral or spirochetal. Bacteria can be classified by their response to oxygen (aerobic, anaerobic, or facultatively anaerobic) and by how they obtain their energy (chemotrophic, i.e. via a chemical reaction or phototrophic, via a light reaction). In addition, chemotrophs obtain their energy from chemicals, lithotrophic from inorganic compounds and organotrophic from organic compounds. Bacteria are also classified by the source carbon that they utilize: heterotrophic, from organic sources or autotrophic, from carbon dioxide. They can also be classified by whether or not they stain (based on the structure of their cell walls) with crystal violet dye: gram-negative or gram-positive. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

LP6760-5   Wet preparation
A wet preparation or wet mount is used to identify the cause of vaginosis, a general term for infections of the vagina. A drop of vaginal discharge is placed on a slide with a drop of liquid -usually water--which is then examined microscopically as an unstained wet mount or as a Gram-stained slide. The refractive index of the water improves the image quality. Wet mounts generally cannot be stored since the water evaporates. Glycerol or immersion oil can be used instead of water. Bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis and trichomoniasis are common diseases which may be diagnosed through a wet preparation. [Lab Tests Online Conditions:vaginitis/start/2] Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component

Bacteria

Property

PrThr

Time

Pt

System

Vag

Scale

Ord

Method

Wet preparation

Additional Names

Short Name

Bacteria Vag Ql Wet Prep

Display Name

Bacteria Wet prep Ql (Vag fld)

Consumer Name Alpha Get Info

Bacteria, Vaginal fluid

Basic Attributes

Class

MICRO

Type

Laboratory

First Released

Version 2.17

Last Updated

Version 2.73

Change Reason

The PrThr property is used for LOINC terms whose results are reported using an ordered categorical scale, regardless of whether or not an internal threshold was used to make that determination. This change was approved by the Laboratory LOINC Committee in June 2016.

Order vs. Observation

Both

Common Test Rank Get Info

12912

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Related Names

• Bact
• Genital vaginal
• Gyn
• Gynecology
• ID
• Infectious Disease
• InfectiousDisease
• Microbiology
• OB
• ObGyn
• Obstetrics
• Ordinal
• Point in time
• PR
• Prep
• QL
• Qual
• Qualitative
• Random
• Screen
• UniversalLabOrders
• Vag fld
• Vag fluid
• Vagina
• Vaginal fluid
• Wet mount
• Wet prep

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