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| Ribeiro,Tarsila C.R.; Kondo,Mario; Amaral,Ana Cristina C.; Parise,Edson Roberto; Bragagnolo Júnior,Maurício A.; Souza,Aécio Flávio Meirelles de. |
| In order to evaluate the accuracy of a urine reagent dipstick (Multistix 10SG®) to determine ascitic fluid leukocyte count, we prospectively studied 106 cirrhotic patients from April 2003 to December 2004, in two different centers (Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP-EPM and Federal University of Juiz de Fora - HU-UFJF) for the rapid bedside diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. The mean age 54 ± 12 years, there was a predominance of males (eighty-two patients, 77%), and alcohol was the most frequent etiology (43%). Forty-four percent of patients were classified as Child B and fifty-one as Child C (51%). Abdominal paracentesis was performed both in outpatient and inpatient settings and the Multistix 10SG® was tested. Eleven cases of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ascitic fluid; Rapid diagnosis; Dipstick; Bacterial peritonitis. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000100017 |
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| Tarazona,Alonso Soto; Zerpa,Lely Solari; Mendoza Requena,Daniel; Llanos-Cuentas,Alejandro; Magill,Allan. |
| OBJECTIVE: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the rapid diagnostic test OptiMAL® for diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax malaria. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We included all the patients who sought medical attention in the San Martin Pangoa Hospital, Junin, an area endemic for vivax malaria in Peru, between October and December 1998, who had fever during the previous 72 hours and who were older than 12 months. The gold standard for diagnosis was thick blood film microscopy. We determined the parasitemia rate for each of the positive slides. We calculated sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the test. RESULTS: We included 72 patients; 39 of them were positive for P. vivax by microscopic examination. The... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: OptiMAL; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Diagnosis; Dipstick. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000200005 |
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