Combined role of casoni test and indirect haemagglutination test in the diagnosis of hydatid disease.

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dc.contributor.authorRay, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorDe, P Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorKarak, Ken_US
dc.date.accessioned2002-04-28en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T09:32:29Z
dc.date.available2002-04-28en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-28T09:32:29Z
dc.date.issued2002-04-28en_US
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE: 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.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDept. of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University College of Medicine, Kolkata - 700 020, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRay R, De PK, Karak K. Combined role of casoni test and indirect haemagglutination test in the diagnosis of hydatid disease. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2002 Apr-Jun; 20(2): 79-82en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/54075
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijmm.orgen_US
dc.titleCombined role of casoni test and indirect haemagglutination test in the diagnosis of hydatid disease.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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