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Prenatal Group B Strep (GBS) Screening

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Group B strep (GBS) are bacteria that can cause serious illness in newborns who become infected before or during labor and delivery. GBS testing late in pregnancy allows women who have the bacteria to be treated during labor so they don’t pass the bacteria to their babies.
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Strep Throat Test

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A rapid strep test and/or throat culture can help diagnose strep throat, a sore throat caused by a group A strep infection.
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Lactate Test

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Explains how the lactate test is used, when a lactate test is ordered, and what the results of a lactate test might mean. The lactate test is primarily ordered to help determine if someone has lactic acidosis, a level of lactate that is high enough to disrupt a person's acid-base (ph) balance.
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Blood Typing Testing

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Learn more about blood typing tests (ABO Group and Rh Type), how they are used and when it’s done automatically, and how the results of blood typing can impact various health care decisions.
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Antistreptolysin O (ASO)

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The antistreptolysin O (ASO) test is used to determine if a strep infection with group A Streptococcus is the cause of glomerulonephritis kidney disease or rheumatic fever.
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Anti-DNase B

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Anti-DNase B is an antibody produced by the immune system in response to a strep infection. The anti-DNase B test helps confirm a recent strep infection as the cause of rheumatic fever or glomerulonephritis, a form of kidney disease.
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Arthritis Testing

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Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in the United States. Learn about types of arthritis and the role of arthritis testing.
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Liquid Biopsy

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Overview of liquid biopsy (also called circulating tumor cell (CTC) count or circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)), used in very specific situations to help determine prognosis and guide treatment of certain cancers
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