Clinical Investigations | Malaria | Dengue fever | Enteric (Typhoid) fever | African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness) | Pulmonary Tuberculosis |
*PCV/Hg conc | (Sg) | (Sg) | (Sg) | (Sg) | (Ux) |
*wbc count | (Ux) | (UX) | (Sg) | (Ux) | (Sg) |
*Sputum culture | (Ux) | (UX) | (Ux) | (UX) | (Kg) |
*Fluorescnt dyes/uv indictor tests | (Sg) | (Ux) | (UX) | (Ux) | (UX) |
*PCR may detect dengue virus | (Ux) | (Kg) | (UX) | (Ux) | (UX) |
*Bld Culture | (Sg) | (UX) | (Kg) | (Kg) | (UX) |
*Stool Culture | (Ux) | (UX) | (Kg) | (Ux) | (UX) |
*Urine Cultur | (Ux) | (UX) | (Kg) | (Ux) | (UX) |
*Tissue Cultur | (Ux) | (Kg) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (UX) |
*Blood/Serum Assay | (Ux) | (Sg) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (UX) |
*ESR | (Ux) | (UX) | (Ux) | (Kg) | (Ux) |
*AFB staining | (Ux) | (UX) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Kg) |
*Bloodsmears (thin/thick or unstained/ Giemsa-stained) | (Kg) (plasmodium) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Kg) (trypanosomes) | (Ux) |
*Chest X-ray | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Kg) |
*Widal test | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Kg) | (Ux) | (Ux) |
*Rapid diagnostic tests | (Kg) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) |
*Platelet cnt | (Sg) | (Sg) | (Ux) | (Kg) | (Ux) |
*Aspiration (chancre, lymph node or bone marrow) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Kg) (trypanosomes) | (Ux) |
*Lumbar puncture | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Kg) (trypanosomes) | (Ux) |
*CSF assay | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Kg) (trypanosomes | (Ux) |
*Liver functn | (Sg) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) |
*Renal fnctn | (Sg) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) |
*Electrolyte conc (esp Na) | (Sg) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) | (Ux) |