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Accuracy of four rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for human leptospirosis diagnosis in Indonesia

Microbiology Spectrum
Leptospirosis is an endemic zoonotic disease with protean clinical manifestations caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the Leptospira genus. The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is the gold standard for leptospirosis diagnosis and can only be ...
Farida Handayani, Endah Tri Widanarti, Citra W. Kusuma, Ristiyanto Ristiyanto, Amin Soebandrio, Muhammad Hussein Gasem   +5 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of TB-LAMP for pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND:The need for a rapid, molecular test to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) has prompted exploration of TB-LAMP (Eiken; Tokyo, Japan) for use in resource-limited settings.
Cattamanchi, Adithya, Farr, Katherine, Gray, Christen M, Shete, Priya B, Strnad, Luke   +4 more
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Evaluating an app-guided self-test for influenza: lessons learned for improving the feasibility of study designs to evaluate self-tests for respiratory viruses

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Seasonal influenza leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Rapid self-tests could improve access to influenza testing in community settings.
Monica L. Zigman Suchsland, Ivan Rahmatullah, Barry Lutz, Victoria Lyon, Shichu Huang, Enos Kline, Chelsey Graham, Shawna Cooper, Philip Su, Sam Smedinghoff, Helen Y. Chu, Kara Sewalk, John S. Brownstein, Matthew J. Thompson, on behalf of Seattle Flu Study investigators   +14 more
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Rapid, Diagnostic Test for Cardiac Ischemia [PDF]

, 2017
Current methods to detect cardiac ischemia rely on biomarkers such as troponin. Elevated levels of troponin are observed hours after the cardiac event.
Contreras, Julio, Gonzales, Jose, Nasreldeen, Abdelmagid, Physioc, Emerson, Thoresen, Evan   +4 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Evaluation of a New Recombinant K39 Rapid Diagnostic Test for Sudanese Visceral Leishmaniasis. [PDF]

, 2006
A new rK39 rapid diagnostic dipstick test (DiaMed-IT-Leish) was compared with aspiration and a direct agglutination test (DAT) for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in 201 parasitologically confirmed cases, 133 endemic controls, and in 356 ...
Davidson, R N, Kipngetich, S, Melaku, Y, Mueller, M, O'keeffe, C, Ritmeijer, K   +5 more
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Highly variable use of diagnostic methods for sexually transmitted infections-results of a nationwide survey, Germany 2005 [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Sexual transmitted infections (STIs) have increased in Germany and other countries in Europe since the mid-nineties. To obtain a better picture of diagnostic methods used in STI testing institutions in Germany, we performed a nationwide ...
A Nicoll, Alexandra Hofmann, Andreas Gilsdorf, DM Whiley, ESSTI, HL Wheeler, I Tosun, J Schachter, J Thorvaldsen, K Ahrens, L Greer, L Pattullo, M Enders, M Herida, MG Spigarelli, MK Ho, N Low, O Hamouda, Osamah Hamouda, P Schneede, R Heymans, R Rani, RE Johnson, S Schütt, U Marcus, U Marcus, V Bremer, Viviane Bremer   +27 more
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Real‐World Pediatric Blinatumomab Administration: Access to Outpatient Care Delivery and Impact of a Hospital‐Dispensed Model

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blinatumomab has been shown to be highly effective for patients with pediatric B‐ALL and has recently become standard of care therapy. Due to its past use in the clinical trial setting, there is limited information available about real‐world administration.
Katelyn Oranges, Kelly A. Duffy, Sara McDonough, Evelyn Kurpiewski, R. Jennifer Randall, Allison Barz Leahy, Haley M. Newman, Joyce P. Lee, Stephen P. Hunger, Anne F. Reilly, David T. Teachey, Susan R. Rheingold, Daniel J. Zheng   +12 more
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Advantages of Lateral Flow Assays Based on Fluorescent Submicrospheres and Quantum Dots for Clostridium difficile Toxin B Detection

Toxins, 2020
Clostridium difficile colitis is caused by a cytotoxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria C. difficile in the epithelial cells of the large intestine, particularly C. difficile toxin B (TcdB). However, the sensitivity of currently utilized C.
Haonan Qi, Qiuli Sun, Yi Ma, Peidian Wu, Jufang Wang   +4 more
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Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax Infections among Malaria Suspected Patients Attending a District Hospital, Assam [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Malaria is a major public health problem in Assam and other North-Eastern states of India. Lakhimpur district is also one of the important malaria endemic regions of Assam, where several malaria outbreaks occurred in the recent past ...
Mridul Malakar, Mridul Malakar
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