| Literature DB >> 17189677 |
H Rogier van Doorn1, Henk Hofwegen, Rob Koelewijn, Henk Gilis, Ellen Wentink-Bonnema, Elena Pinelli, Perry J J van Genderen, Hans G Schipper, Tom van Gool.
Abstract
A commercially available indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA) (Echinococcosis Fumouze; Laboratoires Fumouze, Levallois-Perret, France) was evaluated using sera from 52 patients with proven cystic echinococcosis. The specificity was assessed using 247 sera from patients with various parasitic, bacterial, viral, and fungal infectious diseases; sera containing autoimmune antibodies; and sera from healthy blood donors. With a cutoff value for a positive result of 320 (as recommended by the manufacturer), the sensitivity and specificity were 88% and 98.4%; with a cutoff of 160, the sensitivity and specificity were 94% and 95.1%, respectively. The IHA is rapid, easy to perform, and is a very sensitive serodiagnostic test for cystic echinococcosis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 17189677 DOI： 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.10.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN： 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803