2025
Urine Dipstick for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Infants Aged 2 to 6 Months.
Hunt K, Green R, Sartori L, Aronson P, Chamberlain J, Florin T, Michelson K, Monuteaux M, Chaudhari P, Nigrovic L. Urine Dipstick for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Infants Aged 2 to 6 Months. 2025, 155 PMID: 40122108, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-068671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis of urinary tract infectionUrinary tract infectionUrine WBC countUrine dipstickUrine cultureAged 2 to 6Receiver Operating CharacteristicWhite blood cellsTract infectionsColony-forming unitsUrine white blood cellsWBC countCatheterized urine culturePositive urine dipstickInitial treatment decisionsAccurate diagnostic testCross-sectional studyBacterial uropathogensFebrile infantsLaboratory urinalysisTreatment decisionsDiagnostic testsEmergency departmentUrinalysisUrine
2016
Inherited Metabolic Disorders: Efficacy of Enzyme Assays on Dried Blood Spots for the Diagnosis of Lysosomal Storage Disorders
Verma J, Thomas DC, Kasper DC, Sharma S, Puri RD, Bijarnia-Mahay S, Mistry PK, Verma IC. Inherited Metabolic Disorders: Efficacy of Enzyme Assays on Dried Blood Spots for the Diagnosis of Lysosomal Storage Disorders. JIMD Reports 2016, 31: 15-27. PMID: 27008195, PMCID: PMC5388645, DOI: 10.1007/8904_2016_548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLysosomal storage disorderNeuronal ceroid lipofuscinosisBlood spotsDiagnostic testsConsideration of therapyStorage disorderStandard of careCommon lysosomal storage disorderMajor unmet needAccurate diagnostic testHigh consanguinity rateBlood sample transportationDried Blood SpotsIrreversible complicationsI-cell diseaseAffected patientsCostly therapiesTimely diagnosisMetabolic disordersMucopolysaccharidosis IIEconomical diagnostic testsUnmet needUtility of DBSDBS resultsSpecific biomarkers
2004
Serodiagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infections in an endemic area of Burkina Faso: performance of several immunological tests with different parasite antigens
Sorgho H, Bahgat M, Poda J, Song W, Kirsten C, Doenhoff M, Zongo I, Ouédraogo J, Ruppel A. Serodiagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infections in an endemic area of Burkina Faso: performance of several immunological tests with different parasite antigens. Acta Tropica 2004, 93: 169-180. PMID: 15652331, DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.10.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnimalsAntibodies, HelminthAntigens, HelminthBurkina FasoChildCross-Sectional StudiesEndemic DiseasesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFecesFemaleFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHemagglutination TestsHumansMaleParasite Egg CountSchistosoma mansoniSchistosomiasis mansoniConceptsIndirect haemagglutination assayEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assaySoluble S. mansoni egg antigensEgg antigenS. japonicum egg antigenKato-Katz thick smearsAdult S. mansoni wormsSchistosoma mansoni-endemic areaS. mansoni egg antigensS. mansoni adult wormsS. mansoni eggsSchistosoma mansoni infectionEgg-negative individualsS. mansoni wormsSensitive diagnostic markerSecond stool sampleIndirect immunofluorescent antibodyDifferent parasite antigensResource-poor settingsAccurate diagnostic testSensitivity of ELISAMansoni eggsMansoni infectionWorm antigenTrue infection
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