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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Smythe, Lee D
• Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn
• Chierakul, Wirongrong
• Suputtamongkol, Yupin
• Tiengrim, Surapee
• Dohnt, Michael F
• Symonds, Meegan L
• Slack, Andrew T
• Apiwattanaporn, Apichat
• Chueasuwanchai, Sunee
• Day, Nicholas P
• Peacock, Sharon J

Titel

The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is an unreliable predictor of infecting Leptospira serovar in Thailand

Ist Teil von

• The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2009-10, Vol.81 (4), p.695-697

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A prospective study in Thailand identified 106 patients with culture-proven leptospirosis. The accuracy of the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) in predicting the infecting serovar was evaluated in 78/106 (74%) patients with a diagnostic titer. MAT correctly determined the infecting serovar in 26 cases (33%), indicating that this assay is a poor predictor of infecting serovar in our setting.