The Tzanck test, which aids in the diagnosis of herpes simplex infection, is a search for:
Ans: D (Multi nucleated giant cells) Ref: Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's. Textbook of Medical Microbiology, 25th Edition. 2010. Pg. 456Explanation:Tzanck test is done to demonstrate tbe multinucleated giant cells in smears of scrapings or swabs of the base of vesicles in patients with herpes simplex infection.The multinucleated giant cells are absent in nonherpetic vesicles.
Intracytopiasmic inclusion bodies
Koilocvtic cells
Virus shedding from pustular lesions
Multi nucleated giant cells
Herpesviruses