Diagnostic tests

Seeding of material for the detection of the gonorrhea-causing pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Inhibins are proteins that are responsible for inhibiting the production of FSH, or folliculotropic hormone. Most commonly, inhibin B testing is performed in women when diagnosing reproductive health disorders. This test is also performed in men when diagnosing fertility disorders and abnormalities in sex hormone metabolism.

Leptin determination is useful in the evaluation of menstrual disorders and obesity-related infertility, in the diagnosis of obese children and adults with symptoms of chronic hunger.

Antibodies against glutamic acid deoxyriboxylase together with other autoantibodies (anti-islet antibodies, anti-insulin antibodies, anti-tyrosine phosphatase antibodies and zinc transporter 8 antibodies) are used for the differential diagnosis of type I diabetes and LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults)

HSV - herpes simplex virus, a DNA virus with two types 1 and 2.

This test evaluates the total amount of proteins in the urine, without dividing them into subtypes and types, which allows assessment of kidney function and is helpful in detecting kidney damage

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) or corticotropin is a peptide hormone. Determination of ACTH in plasma is helpful in the differential diagnosis of Cushing's disease (ACTH hypersecretion), ACTH-producing autonomic pituitary adenomas (e.g., Nelson syndrome), pituitary insufficiency with decreased ACTH secretion and ectopic ACTH secretion syndrome, and other disorders.

Fecal microbiological testing for Salmonella and Shigella bacilli that cause gastrointestinal infections

The qualitative nasopharyngeal swab test detects 4 types of viruses: RSV, SARS CoV-2, Influenza A and B

The test is used to evaluate post-traumatic lesions in the cervical spine and vertebral instability, and in imaging of intervertebral spaces, mobility of the spine, and degenerative lesions.