Maternal urogenital schistosomiasis; monitoring disease morbidity by simple reagent strips. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 BackgroundUrine analysis is one of the recommended antenatal guidelines for early diagnosis of pregnancy-associated complications. While in practice, urine analysis by dipstick had been used to provide useful information on other urinary tract infections,
Oyetunde T Oyeyemi, Alexander B Odaibo
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Circulating antigen tests and urine reagent strips for diagnosis of active schistosomiasis in endemic areas. [PDF]
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2015 Background: Point-of-care (POC) tests for diagnosing schistosomiasis include tests based on circulating antigen detection and urine reagent strip tests.
Ochodo EA +8 more
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Sensitivity and Specificity of a Urine Circulating Anodic Antigen Test for the Diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium in Low Endemic Settings. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BACKGROUND:Elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem and interruption of transmission in selected areas are key goals of the World Health Organization for 2025.
Stefanie Knopp +10 more
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Performance of Urine Reagent Strips in Detecting the Presence and Estimating the Prevalence and Intensity of Schistosoma haematobium Infection [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 The performance of the urine reagent strips (URS) in detecting the presence and estimating the intensity of Schistosoma haematobium infection was evaluated using urine filtration microscopy as a reference standard.
Abraham Degarege +3 more
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Urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Zanzibar: accuracy of urine filtration and haematuria reagent strips for diagnosing light intensity Schistosoma haematobium infections [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2018 Background Urine filtration and microhaematuria reagent strips are basic standard diagnostic methods to detect urogenital schistosomiasis. We assessed their accuracy for the diagnosis of light intensity infections with Schistosoma haematobium as they ...
Stefanie Knopp +9 more
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Use of pH reagent strips to verify gastric tube placement in newborns [PDF]
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2019 Objective: to confirm the accuracy of the pH test in identifying the placement of the gastric tube in newborns. Method: double-blind, diagnostic test study conducted with 162 newborns admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit and an intermediate care ...
Flávia de Souza Barbosa Dias +5 more
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Reagent strips test: A simplified method for prompt analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in neurological disorders in emergency [PDF]
Practical Laboratory Medicine, 2019 Introduction: The initial examination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for proteins, glucose, and leukocytes, is still the gold standard investigation in some neurological conditions like meningitis.
Anshu Gupta, Tanima Dwivedi
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Evaluation of urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio analysis using strip test as a screening method for urinary albumin determination in primary care [PDF]
Advances in Laboratory MedicineThe determination of urinary albumin, crucial for chronic kidney disease (CKD) diagnosis and monitoring, typically employs quantitative techniques as the gold standard.
Liébanas García Paula +2 more
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Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Background: Meningitis is a severe infection affecting the central nervous system requiring early management to prevent debilitating consequences and death.
Nikita Singh +3 more
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Efficacy of Ascitic Fluid Dipstick Leukocyte Esterase Activity in Early Diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: Spontaneously occurring ascitic fluid infections {Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP)} are the most common and recurring complications in patients with decompensated cirrhosis with ascitis.
SANJAY GUPTA, HEERAK SINGH
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