When would you want to perform immunological testing? When you have a patient with a suspected pathogenic infection but you do not know the cause. When you want to determine a patient's blood type. When you want to see if a patient has antibodies against a specific pathogen. All of the above are possible uses for immunologic testing.
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When you have a patient with a suspected pathogenic infection but you do not know the cause: Immunological testing can help identify the presence of specific antibodies or antigens related to a pathogen, which can help determine the cause of the infection. So, Show more…
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