All that is blood is not schistosomiasis: experiences with reagent strip testing for urogenital schistosomiasis with special consideration to very-low prevalence settings [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background Reagent strip testing for microhaematuria has long been used for community diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium. Sensitivities and specificities are reasonable, and hence, microhaematuria can serve as a proxy for S.
Stefanie J. Krauth +9 more
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Annals of Hepatology, 2012 Background and aim. Bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is the most frequent infection in patients with cirrhosis causing significant mortality. Delay in SBP diagnosis is a serious problem.
Félix I. Téllez-Ávila +4 more
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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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Rapid diagnosis of inflammatory synovial fluid with reagent strips [PDF]
Rheumatology, 2002 To determine the usefulness of reagent test strips for screening inflammatory synovial fluid (SF).Consecutive patients undergoing diagnostic arthrocentesis, attending the Department of Rheumatology of a large tertiary care hospital were evaluated. All SF specimens obtained were tested using two techniques: (i) white blood cell (WBC) count with the ...
Philippe Ravaud
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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and reagent strips [PDF]
Hepatology, 2007 José Castellote
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Leukocyte esterase reagent strips for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: what now?
Annals of Hepatology, 2008 Anastasios Koulaouzidis +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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Effect of tear fluid sampling and processing on total protein quantity and electrophoretic pattern
Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 Human tears contain more than 1500 proteins that could be diagnostically relevant. To date, numerous candidates on a biomarker of protein origin were identified for ocular and systemic diseases.
Kristina Krajcikova +2 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background: Indirect diagnostic tests are used to assess the disease burden and to monitor the impact of different interventions in areas endemic for urinary schistosomiasis.
Billy Ngasala +2 more
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Diagnosis of meningitis with reagent strips [PDF]
Jornal de Pediatria, 2001 OBJECTIVE: To determine the usefulness of reagent strips in the evaluation of pleocytosis, cerebrospinal fluid glucose and protein levels for early and rapid diagnosis of meningitis in children. METHODS: We included cerebrospinal fluid samples of 164 children admitted to the outpatient clinic of Communicable Diseases of the General Pediatric Center ...
R M, Romanelli +5 more
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