The Physician Orders an Antistreptolysin O (ASO) Titer Test to Check

question 11

Multiple Choice

The physician orders an antistreptolysin O (ASO) titer test to check for rheumatic fever. A patient serum sample is exposed to known suspensions of streptolysin and then allowed to incubate with RBCs? If the patient does have rheumatic fever, what will happen?

• A)Not enough information is provided to speculate.
• B)The red blood cells will lyse.
• C)The red blood cells will agglutinate only.
• D)The red blood cells will not lyse.
• E)None of the above.
• F)The red blood cells will fluoresce.

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