Evaluation of Four Rapid Antigen Tests for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus
Oman Medical Journal, 2021 Objectives: Considering the increasing, significant burden that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) imposes on the healthcare system, the need for simple, rapid, and affordable diagnostic tests to support the existing costly and demanding polymerase ...
Sulaiman Al-Alawi +8 more
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Empiric treatment of pulmonary TB in the Xpert era: Correspondence of sputum culture, Xpert MTB/RIF, and clinical diagnoses. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundClinical tuberculosis diagnosis and empiric treatment have traditionally been common among patients with negative bacteriologic test results. Increasing availability of rapid molecular diagnostic tests, including Xpert MTB/RIF and the new Xpert
Cattamanchi, Adithya +12 more
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From laboratory bench to benchmark: technology transfer in laboratory medicine [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Life Sciences research, enhancing the occurrence of innovation, is able to impact clinical decision-making, both at diagnosis and therapy. Indeed, starting from the knowledge of specific needs and of technical-scientific demands, researchers ...
Cariati, Federica +3 more
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Validating blood tests as a possible routine diagnostic assay of Alzheimer’s disease
Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 2023 In recent years, exciting developments in disease modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) have made accurate and timely diagnosis of this disease a priority. Blood biomarkers (BBMs) for amyloid pathology using improved immunoassay and mass spectrometry techniques have been an area of intense research for the last 10 years and are coming to ...
Kodosaki, Eleftheria +2 more
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Diagnostics, 2021 The Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) is a comprehensive system for standardizing liver imaging in patients at risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We aimed to determine the diagnostic performance of LI-RADS category 5 (LR5)
Lingling Li +5 more
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Community chloroquine distribution for malaria control in Bushenyi district of Uganda. [PDF]
, 2003 OBJECTIVE: To document successful community chloroquine distribution for malaria control in Bushenyi district, southwestern Uganda. DESIGN: A cross sectional survey immediately after a four-month community chloroquine distribution exercise.
Nuwaha, F, Okware, J, Timbyetaho, HN
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Chromoblastomycosis: an etiological, epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic, and treatment update [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2018 : Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic, granulomatous, suppurative mycosis of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by traumatic inoculation of dematiaceous fungi of the family Herpotrichiellaceae.
Arival Cardoso de Brito +1 more
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Predicting early risk of chronic kidney disease in cats using routine clinical laboratory tests and machine learning. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundAdvanced machine learning methods combined with large sets of health screening data provide opportunities for diagnostic value in human and veterinary medicine.Hypothesis/objectivesTo derive a model to predict the risk of cats developing ...
Bradley, Richard +8 more
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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.
Ali Mohammed +32 more
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Should Diagnostic Curettage be Abandoned?
South African Family Practice, 1994 No abstract available.
P.R. de Jong
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