As the mosquito - borne virus races around the Southern Hemisphere, efforts to slow spread and
confirm disease links mount
JB: I've heard other doctors suggest that Lyme disease is a diagnosis based on clinical presentation and supporting tests can be useful to
help confirm the disease.
Some veterinarians like to
confirm disease by using ultrasound to perform a non-surgical biopsy of the liver.
The very wide range of symptoms makes Leptospirosis diagnosis problematic and it can also be difficult to
confirm the disease through laboratory testing.
Laboratory tests to
positively confirm the disease include fluorescent antibody techniques, polymerase chain reaction, virus isolation and ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay) tests.
The example is related to the fact that for a very rare disease a highly selective diagnostic method may appear to
confirm the disease in a case where the conclusion is still right with a very low probability.
After euthanizing, the animals were shipped to Meteyer where
she confirmed disease was present in both species of bats.
While the physical exam may suggest a thyroid problem, a blood chemistry including thyroid hormone level, complete blood count and a urinalysis can help to
confirm the disease.
Blood test, x-rays and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) taps will
confirm the disease.
On the other hand, in complicated cases, sometimes a biopsy of a pathological sample of blood and liver content is compulsory to
confirm the disease.
Ringworm in people is mainly diagnosed by the appearance of the lesions, but a skin scraping may be performed to
confirm the disease.
In order to know whether your treatment has been successful, your Vet will recommend a repeat culture, and technically two negative cultures are required before it is
confirmed the disease has completely resolved.