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Routine Using Pattern and Performance of Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis on a University Hospital
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 2010Nucleic acid amplification tests to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens are used increasingly as a laboratory tool. We aimed to investigate the routine using pattern and the effects on therapeutic decision of diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in our hospital.In this descriptive study, we investigated retrospectively the routine ...
ARSLAN, Zeliha +4 more
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The Spine Journal, 2021
Vertebral osteomyelitis (VO) becomes increasingly more prevalent as people age, and it is a condition seen frequently by referral center spine surgeons. It can take as long as 6 months for a proper diagnosis to be made. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is the most common isolated organism in up to 80% of the affected population.
Michael Ghassibi +5 more
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Vertebral osteomyelitis (VO) becomes increasingly more prevalent as people age, and it is a condition seen frequently by referral center spine surgeons. It can take as long as 6 months for a proper diagnosis to be made. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is the most common isolated organism in up to 80% of the affected population.
Michael Ghassibi +5 more
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2004
The challenges inherent in diagnosing and treating patients with Alzheimer's disease are increasing. Early diagnosis and modification of risk factors have received growing attention from the media in recent years. As a result, the general public, and patients and family members, are increasingly better informed about the disease, its genetic background,
van der Cammen, Tischa J.M. +6 more
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The challenges inherent in diagnosing and treating patients with Alzheimer's disease are increasing. Early diagnosis and modification of risk factors have received growing attention from the media in recent years. As a result, the general public, and patients and family members, are increasingly better informed about the disease, its genetic background,
van der Cammen, Tischa J.M. +6 more
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Microperimetry as a routine diagnostic test in the follow-up of retinal vein occlusion?
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2011In the follow-up of retinal vein occlusions, a patient's subjective change in vision frequently cannot be confirmed by objective measurements. Furthermore, contradictory results of OCT and distance visual acuity give the impression that current routine diagnostic tests might not be satisfying for patients with retinal vein occlusions.
Sibylle Winterhalter +6 more
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Sex-specific performance of routine TB diagnostic tests.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2005City Council Chest Clinic, Nairobi, Kenya.To determine to what extent the performance of smear microscopy is responsible for sex differences in notification rates.Three sputum samples from TB suspects were subjected to smear microscopy with Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) and auramine (FM) staining.
Kivihya-Ndugga, LE +5 more
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Diagnostic value of sperm function tests and routine semen analyses in fertile and infertile men.
Journal of Andrology, 1988The results of routine semen analyses, the zona-free hamster oocyte penetration test, the hypoosmotic swelling test, and semen adenosine triphosphate levels were studied in 66 fertile and 130 infertile men. Multivariate discriminant analysis demonstrated
C. Wang +6 more
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Routine diagnostic testing of Y chromosome deletions in male infertile and subfertile
Gene, 2012Male factor infertility elucidated about half the couple of infertility and in around 50% of cases, its etiology remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate a predisposing genetic background for Yq deletions and male infertility and effectiveness of molecular genetic approaches have uncovered several etiopathogenetic factors, such as ...
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The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2018
Bronchiolitis is a viral lower respiratory tract infection that causes significant morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population. Viral diagnostic testing (VDT) has been used to identify specific viral pathogens. However, current guidelines suggest that routine use of this testing is not advisable.
Matthew Grossman +2 more
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Bronchiolitis is a viral lower respiratory tract infection that causes significant morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population. Viral diagnostic testing (VDT) has been used to identify specific viral pathogens. However, current guidelines suggest that routine use of this testing is not advisable.
Matthew Grossman +2 more
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The ParaSight™-F dipstick test as a routine diagnostic tool for malaria in Sri Lanka
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997Blood from 1053 persons who presented for treatment at outpatient clinics of government health institutions in Sri Lanka, and 250 who took part in a blood survey for malaria, was examined by thick blood film microscopy under routine field conditions, and by the ParaSight-F dipstick method.
A. R. Wickramasinghe +5 more
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