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English translation: Coombs' test


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08:13 Dec 28, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / obstetrics/gynacology
Spanish term or phrase: COMBE
In a journal article on mastitis from Mexico:

"sin antecedentes heredofamiliares de importancia, tabaquismo, COMBE, tres embarazos, un parto y dos cesáreas"

(another patient) "Sin toxicomanías, COMBE negativo. Menarquía a los 13 años"

I can't find the acronym COMBE anywhere. Any ideas what it might stand for?
Daniel Greuel
United States
Local time: 02:56
English translation:Coombs' test
Explanation:
"Coombs' test" must be one of the most miswritten terms in medicine. I have seen it miswritten as "Combe's test", "Coombes' test", "COMBE test", etc. It's no acronym.

Even in Spanish, the correct version should be "test/prueba de Coombs".

It's not used just for tuberculosis, but to look for antibodies that bind to your blood cells.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coombs_test
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Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Local time: 09:56
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4 +2Coombs' test
Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
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One clue
Joseph Tein
coomb´s testEllen Kraus
liz askew

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Coombs' test


Explanation:
"Coombs' test" must be one of the most miswritten terms in medicine. I have seen it miswritten as "Combe's test", "Coombes' test", "COMBE test", etc. It's no acronym.

Even in Spanish, the correct version should be "test/prueba de Coombs".

It's not used just for tuberculosis, but to look for antibodies that bind to your blood cells.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coombs_test

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Local time: 09:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Emma Goldsmith: I posted this answer earlier and then hid it because, as Joseph's refs show,"COMBE" in Spanish appears to be used to denote "convivencia con pacientes con tubercolisis". It makes sense in a med history in between smoking and pregnancies.
1 hr
agree  liz askew
9 hrs
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I finally agree. I think the Mexican references may be a "red herring"
11 hrs
  -> I agree with you.
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Reference comments


14 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: One clue

Reference information:
Hi Daniel,

To begin with you can take a look at this link, and then use that as a springboard. Looks like it relates to exposure to tuberculosis.

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Also see the Case Presentation in:

http://www.revistamexicanadeurologia.com/Revistas/2011/Engli...

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And ... you can find another mention here:

http://www.hcg.udg.mx/Sec_Inicio/Rev_Hipocrates/Revista_4.pd...


    Reference: http://es.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2008101420585...
Joseph Tein
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 84

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Emma Goldsmith: I think you're on the right track :)
24 mins
  -> Hope so! Somebody else just posted the same answer you removed :)
neutral  philgoddard: You forgot to include your first link, and the second and third don't satisfactorily explain what the term means.
6 hrs
  -> The "first" link is the one that says "reference: ... "-- it's entered in a different way at the time of the first entry. And I disagree about the explanation of the term ... they do explain it, but it's still unclear what to call it in English.
agree  Charles Davis: Lots of references for "Combe", all related to TB. But what is it in English?
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Charles. And ... forgot to respond to your question: we're still not clear what it is in English! (That's why at the beginning of this reference comment I said "use this as a springboard" (starting point) to help figure it out.
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5 hrs
Reference: coomb´s test

Reference information:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coombs_testIm Cache - Ähnliche Seiten - Coombs test (also known as Coombs' test, antiglobulin test or AGT) refers to two ... is seen the test is positive and when clumping is not seen the test is negative.

Ellen Kraus
Austria
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10 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference

Reference information:
Scrotal tuberculosis: a case report and literature review
www.revistamexicanadeurologia.com/.../10_CC_TUBERCULOSIS_.....
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Patient's blood type is O positive, Combe sign. (having been in contact with individual with Tb) was negative, and he had no important previous pathology. ...

non-native English reference

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http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/119/6/1961.full

liz askew
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2421

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Hi Liz! I found this, too - didn't realize you had posted it. As you say, it appears to be non-native. It's actually from one of the articles that Joseph posted.
2 hrs
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