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Clinical Performance of an Automated Reader in Interpreting Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Parasitological confirmation of malaria is now recommended in all febrile patients by the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce inappropriate use of anti-malarial drugs.
Abdulla, Salim, Shekalaghe, Seif, Salim Abdulla, Santiago Ferro, Ferro, Santiago, Seif Shekalaghe, Mavere, Caroline, Marcela Cancino, Caroline Mavere, Cancino, Marcela, Ali Mohammed, Mohammed, Ali, Juma, Omar, Omar Juma   +13 more
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Agreement between four commercial diagnostic tests and routine bacteriological culture of milk to determine the udder infection status of dairy cows.

Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2018
Mastitis is usually treated based on clinical signs or somatic cell count information rather than on results of bacteriological culture of milk. In many countries an optimal mastitis treatment is considered important from the perspective of therapy ...
K. Griffioen, A. Velthuis, L. A. Lagerwerf, A. Heuvelink, T. Lam   +4 more
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Health workers' use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to guide clinical decision making in rural dispensaries, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2010
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) were developed as an alternative to microscopy for malaria diagnosis. The RDTs detect malaria parasite antigen(s) in whole blood with high sensitivity and specificity.
M. Irene Masanja, McMorrow, Meredith, Kachur, S Patrick, Peter D. McElroy, S. Patrick Kachur, McElroy, Peter D, Meredith McMorrow, Masanja, M Irene, Kahigwa, Elizeus, Elizeus Kahigwa   +9 more
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The use of rapid dengue diagnostic tests in a routine clinical setting in a dengue-endemic area of Colombia

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015
There is insufficient evidence of the usefulness of dengue diagnostic tests under routine conditions. We sought to analyse how physicians are using dengue diagnostics to inform research and development.
L. Osorio, M. Uribe, Gloria Ines Ardila, Yaneth Orejuela, Margarita Velasco, A. Bonelo, B. Parra   +6 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Ascites Fluid Gross Appearance in Detection of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Emergency, 2014
Introduction: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) as a monomicrobial infection of ascites fluid is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in cirrhotic patients. This study was aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of ascites
Hamed Aminiahidashti, Seyed Mohammad Hosseininejad, Hosein Montazer, Farzad Bozorgi, Iraj Goli khatir, Fateme Jahanian, Behnaz Raee   +6 more
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Effect of rapid influenza diagnostic tests on patient management in an emergency department [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2019
Objective We evaluated the effect of rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) on patient management in an emergency department for 3 years after 2009, and also identified factors associated with the choice of treatment for patients with influenza-like ...
Jong-Hak Park, Hanjin Cho, Sungwoo Moon, Ju-Hyun Song, Ju Young Kim, Yu-Sang Ahn   +5 more
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Using rapid diagnostic tests as source of malaria parasite DNA for molecular analyses in the era of declining malaria prevalence. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Malaria prevalence has recently declined markedly in many parts of Tanzania and other sub-Saharan African countries due to scaling-up of control interventions including more efficient treatment regimens (e.g.
Bygbjerg Ib C, Martha M Lemnge, Lemnge Martha M, Persson, Ola, Madebe, Rashid A, Deus S Ishengoma, Ola Persson, Ishengoma Deus S, Ishengoma, Deus S, Lemnge, Martha M, Persson Ola, Nyagonde Nyagonde, Lwitiho Sudi, Vestergaard Lasse S, Lasse S Vestergaard, Alifrangis Michael, Sudi Lwitiho, Madebe Rashid A, Ib C Bygbjerg, Nyagonde, Nyagonde, Vestergaard, Lasse S, Lwitiho, Sudi, Michael Alifrangis, Rashid A Madebe, Alifrangis, Michael, Bygbjerg, Ib C   +25 more
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Application of Ultrasonography and Radiography in Detection of Hemothorax: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Hemothorax is one of the most prevalent injuries caused by thoracic traumas. Early detection and treatment of this injury is of utmost importance in prognosis of the patient, but there are still controversial debates on the diagnostic ...
Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, Mahmoud Yousefifard, Parisa Ghelichkhani, Masoud Baikpour, Abbas Tafakhori, Hadi Asady, Gholamreza Faridaalaee, Mostafa Hosseini, Saeed Safari   +8 more
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A guide to aid the selection of diagnostic tests

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2017
In recent years, a wide range of diagnostic tests has become available for use in resource-constrained settings. Accordingly, a huge number of guidelines, performance evaluations and implementation reports have been produced.
C. Kosack, A. Page, P. Klatser
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Routine Brain MRI Findings on the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: A Scoping Review

Diagnostics, 2023
Rationale and Objectives: Post-COVID condition (PCC) is associated with long-term neuropsychiatric symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in PCC examines the brain metabolism, connectivity, and morphometry. Such techniques are not easily available in
Yuriy Vasilev, Ivan Blokhin, Anna Khoruzhaya, Maria Kodenko, Vasiliy Kolyshenkov, Olga Nanova, Yuliya Shumskaya, Olga Omelyanskaya, Anton Vladzymyrskyy, Roman Reshetnikov   +9 more
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