Test Kits

IINVASIVE ORGANISMS TEST KIT - COMPOSITES (8 vials)
(Test Kit IV)

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Code	Chemical	Type	Description
IV1	Bacteria	Acinetobacter Actinomyces Bacilli gram positive and negative Bacillus Megaterium Bacillus Subtilus Bordetella Pertussis Borrelia Burgdorferi Brucella Abortus Campylobacter Clostridium Botulinum Clostridium Tetani Clostridium Welchii Cocci Gram Positive and Negative Corynebacterium Diptheriae Escherichia Coli/ E.Coli Gardnerella Vaginalis Haemophilus Influenzae Helicobacter Pylori Legonella Pneumophila Leptospira Listeria Monocytogenes Mycobacterium Bovis Mycobacterium Leprae/ Leprosy Mycobacterium Tuberculinum Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Neisseria Gonorrhoea Neisseria Meningitidis Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Salmonella Salmonella Typhi Salmonella Paratyphi Shigella Staphylococcus Aureus Staphylococcus Epidermidis Streptococcus Agalaciae Streptococcus Lactis Streptococcus Mutans Streptococcus Pneumoniae Streptococcus Pyogenes Streptococcus Viridans Vibrio Cholera Yersinia Pestis	Abundant in air, soil and water. Some are beneficial ( e.g. those living in intestine and breaking down food) and some are harmless to humans. Bacteria which are harmful are known as pathogens. Three main categories: cocci (spherical), bacilli (rod-shaped) and spirochaetes or spirilla (spiral-shaped). Bacteria can grow in an inert medium. Susceptible to antibiotics.
IV2	Chlamydia	Chlamydia Psittaci Chlamydia Trachomatis	Micro-organisms which are intermediate in size between viruses and bacteria; like viruses they can only multiply by first invading the cells of another life-form; otherwise more like bacteria and are susceptible to antibiotics.
IV3	Fungus	Aflatoxin Aspergillus Fumigatus Aspergillus Niger Candida Epidermorphyton Flocossum Microsporum Glypsium Trichophyton Rubrum Trichophyton Terrestre	Simple parasitic life forms which cause illness by direct poisoning, toxic by-products, allergic reactions and/or colonisation of body tissues. Fungi can be divided into moulds which reproduce by sporing and yeasts which reproduce by budding.
IV4	Parasite	Ancylostoma Caninum Ancylostoma Egg Ancylostoma Female Ascaris Female Ascaris Male Clonorchis Sinensis Dipylidium Mature & Gravid Proglottides Echinococcus Granulosus Enterobius Vermicularis Fasciloa Fasciola Cercaria Fasciola Egg Fasciola Redia Necator Americanus Eggs Onchocerca Volvulus Paragonimus Westermani Eggs Schistosoma Mansoni Adult Female Schistosoma Mansoni Caercariae Schistosoma Mansoni Egg Schistosoma Mansoni Miracidia Taenia Scolex Taenia Scolex Immature, Mature & Gravid Proglottides Trichinella Spiralis Female Trichinella Spiralis Male Trichuris Trichiura Trichuris Trichiura Egg Xenopsylla Cheopsis	Any organism living in or on any other living creature and deriving advantage from doing so, while causing disadvantage to the host. Internal parasites are commonly acquired by eating contaminated meat, swallowing eggs on food, contaminating fingers with faecal material or through contact with infected water. Scolex is the part of the tapeworm attached by suckers and hooks to gut wall of host; sometimes called head. Proglottides is the segment-like units of the tapeworm body which, when mature, leave the gut of the primary host in the faeces; they are budded off from the scolex. The life stages of the roundworm: egg larva adult The life stages of the tapeworm: egg > larva > encased by body in a cyst > adult The life stages of the fluke: egg > miracidia > redia > cercaria > metacercaria > adult
IV5	Parasite (external)	Cimex Culex Imago Female Pediculus Humanus Capitis Xenopsylla Cheopsis
IV6	Protozoa	Balantidium Coli Entamoeba Histolytica Giardia Lamblia Leishmani Donovani Mixed Protozoa Plasmodium Falciparium Plasmodium Vivax Trichomonas Vaginalis Trypanosoma Brucei	The simplest, most primitive type of animal, consisting of a single cell. Resistant to antibiotics.
IV7	Rickettsia	Coxiella Burnetii / Q Fever Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever	A type of parasitic micro-organism. They resemble bacteria but are only able to replicate by invading the cells of another life form; rickettsiae are parasites of ticks, lice, etc. These animals can transmit the rickettsiae to humans via their bite or contaminated faeces.
IV8	Virus	Coxsackie Cytomegalovirus Epstein-Barr Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Herpes Simplex 1 Herpes Simplex 2 Herpes Zoster/ Shingles HIV Influenza ( Shangdong A, Singapore A, Panama B, Sichnan A, Beijing A, Yamagata B) Measles Mumps Papilloma Human Virus Polio Respiratory Syncytial Virus Rubella/ German Measles Smallpox Varicella Zoster/ Chickenpox Yellow Fever Virus	The smallest known type of infective agent. Outside of living cells viruses are inert. They invade living cells, take them over and make copies of themselves. Not susceptible to antibiotics.

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