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Group A Streptococcus screen

Lab Test
Test Group A Streptococcus screen
Indication Test is to screen for the preence of group A streptococcal antigen
Physiology Rheumatic fever remains a concern and serious complications including sepsis, soft tissue invasion, and toxic shock like syndroem have been reported in high frequency.
Sample Throat swab
Test Method Agglutination reaction, Counter immnoelectrophoresis
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Member Comments ( 5 )
i blood test( cbc) done of a patient - result wbc-5,900, rbc-1.77 million, hb-6.8 gm%, hct-19.9%, mcv-112.4 fl, mch-38.4 pg, mchc-34.2 g/dl, platelet-66 thousand only
what are i give the comment on the blood smears

(Posted by wkb11, India Date : 5/10/2012 )
my lymphocytes is 19.4% on the scale of 20-45. so what m suffering from and what should i do??
(Posted by sidisa., India Date : 7/28/2011 )
how to treatment when it is increased

(Posted by sovanna, Cambodia Date : 3/16/2011 )
estimation of differential leucocyte count ;which method is best manual enumeration or automated?
(Posted by dr_vijayanirmala, India Date : 11/27/2009 )
WHY THE NUMBER OF LYMPHOCYTES INCREASES IN BLOOD CANCER
(Posted by Damodar sharma, Nepal Date : 9/19/2009 )