Chiropractic

Clinical Laboratory Tests Approved for Chiropractic

Microbiology Tests

• A
  Acid fast culture
  Acid fast stain
  Adenovirus group titer
  
  
• B
  Blood parasite examination: microfilaria, hemoflagellates and plasmodium (smear)
  
  
• C
  Candida: precipitin and culture
  Chlamydia culture
  Chlamydial group titer
  Coliform tests
  Coxsackie virus
  Cytomegalovirus (CMV), IgM
  Cytomegalovirus (CMU), titer
  
  
• E
  Echinococcus antibody
  ELISA test for HIV antibodies
  Enterameba histolytica antibody
  Enterovirus antibody
  
  
• F
  Flourescent treponemal antibody (FTA/ABS)
  Fungi examination: wet mount and culture
  
  
• G
  Gonococcal culture (w/gram stain)
  
  
• H
  Herpes culture
  Herpes simplex titer (I and II)
  Herpes Varicella Zoster antibody (U-Z antibody)
  
  
• L
  Legionaires disease antibody
  Lyme disease serology
  
  
• M
  Mumps antibody titer
  Mycoplasma antibody
  Mycoplasma: culture (respiratory)
  
  
• R
  Rubella antibody: Ig6, IgM
  Rubeola antibody titer
  
  
• S
  Staphylococcal culture: blood agar, mannitol salt, coagulase
  Streptococcal culture-blood-hemolytic activity
  Streptococcal culture: screen (Group A, Group B)
  anti-Streptolysin O titer (ASO titer)
  
  
• T
  TB skin tests: PPD (Mantoux)
  Toxoplasmosis antibody
  Toxoplasmosis IgM-specific antibody
  
  
• W
  Well-Felix tests: Rickettsia