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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mahajan, S K
• Kashyap, R
• Kanga, A
• Sharma, V
• Prasher, B S
• Pal, L S

Titel

Relevance of Weil-Felix test in diagnosis of scrub typhus in India

Ist Teil von

• Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, 2006-08, Vol.54, p.619-621

Ort / Verlag

India

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To study the relationship of Weil-Felix test and microimmunofluorescence test. Sera of 21 patients with clinical diagnosis of scrub typhus were subjected to Weil-Felix and Microimmunofluorescence tests. 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. 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.