Relevance of Weil-Felix test in diagnosis of scrub typhus in India.
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| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-85672
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To study the relationship of Weil-Felix test and microimmunofluorescence test.METHODS:
Sera of 21 patients with clinical diagnosis of scrub typhus were subjected to Weil-Felix and Microimmunofluorescence tests.RESULTS:
On Weil-Felix test, 13 (62%) sera showed titers 1 > or = 40-320. 7 patients showed titers 1 > or = 320, 3 showed titers 1 160, 2 showed titers 1 80 and 1 patients showed titers 1 40, to Proteus OXK antigen. All 21 sera showed significant titers to O. tsutsugamushi on microimmunofluorescence.CONCLUSION:
Weil-Felix test is not a very sensitive test in diagnosis of scrub typhus but due to of lack of availability of definitive tests in India it canbe a useful tool when used and interpreted in the correct clinical context.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Agglutination Tests
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Scrub Typhus
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Adolescent
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Adult
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India
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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