Combined role of casoni test and indirect haemagglutination test in the diagnosis of hydatid disease.
Indian J Med Microbiol
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2002 Apr-Jun; 20(2): 79-82
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| ID: sea-54075
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To study the combined role of Casoni test and indirect haemagglutination (IHA) test in the diagnosis of hydatid disease.METHODS:
Twenty eight suspected cases of hydatid disease were subjected to Casoni intradermal test using commercially available antigen (Span Diagnostics, India) after collecting pre-test serum samples. The serum samples were tested by IHA using an indigenously developed IHA test.RESULTS:
Considering the clinical diagnosis of hydatid disease as the gold standard, the specificity of both Casoni test and IHA was 47%, however, the sensitivity of IHA was higher (81.8%) than Casoni test (63.8%). With the two tests considered together the sensitivity was 90.9%.CONCLUSIONS:
Combined use of Casoni test and IHA test could establish presumptive and cost effective diagnosis in upto 90.9% of clinically suspected cases of hydatid disease.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Microbiol
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2002
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