Value of Routine Dengue Diagnostic Tests in Urine and Saliva Specimens.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BackgroundDengue laboratory diagnosis is essentially based on detection of the virus, its components or antibodies directed against the virus in blood samples.
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The Effect of Mycobacterium avium Complex Infections on Routine Mycobacterium bovis Diagnostic Tests [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine International, 2011 Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is diagnosed in naturally infected populations exposed to a wide variety of other pathogens. This study describes the cell-mediated immune responses of cattle exposed to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) and ...
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Routine Laboratory Tests for COVID-19
Reports, 2022 Objectives: COVID-19 has ravaged healthcare systems across the globe. Availability of and timely results for PCR testing have made diagnosis in the Emergency Department challenging.
Joshua Davis, Gina Gilderman
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Quality assurance of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in routine patient care in rural Tanzania. [PDF]
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010 Histidine-rich protein II (HRP2)-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have shown high sensitivity and specificity for detecting Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a variety of study settings.
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Routine blood tests as a potential diagnostic tool for COVID-19 [PDF]
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), 2020 Objectives The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to date, the epidemic has gradually spread to 209 countries worldwide with more than 1.5 million infected people and 100,000 deaths. Amplification of viral RNA by rRT-
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"Even if the test result is negative, they should be able to tell us what is wrong with us": a qualitative study of patient expectations of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria. [PDF]
Malaria Journal, 2013 BACKGROUND: The debate on rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has begun to shift from whether RDTs should be used, to how and under what circumstances their use can be optimized.
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Increased use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests improves targeting of anti-malarial treatment in rural Tanzania: implications for nationwide rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests. [PDF]
Malaria Journal, 2012 : BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends parasitological confirmation of all malaria cases. Tanzania is implementing a phased rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for routine use in all levels of care as one strategy to increase
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Acute brainstem encephalitis associated with in an adult: a case report [PDF]
Encephalitis, 2021 Brainstem encephalitis (BE) associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae in adults is rare, and the diagnosis is challenging. We describe an uncommon case of BE in an immunocompetent patient.
Min-Hee Woo, Jung-Won Shin
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Onychomycosis: clinical, mycological and in vitro susceptibility testing of isolates of Trichophyton rubrum [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 BACKGROUND: Onychomycosis or nail fungal infection is the most common nail disease. Despite the wide range of studies on this condition, it remains difficult to establish the correct diagnosis and effective treatment.
Christiane Venske de Almeida Azambuja +3 more
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COVID-19 diagnosis by routine blood tests using machine learning [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 Physicians taking care of patients with COVID-19 have described different changes in routine blood parameters. However, these changes hinder them from performing COVID-19 diagnoses.
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