Latex particle agglutination tests as an adjunct to the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis: a study from Malawi.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol
; 83(4): 375-9, 1989 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-2481430
A prospective study using a Latex particle agglutination test for the detection of bacterial antigens in CSF has been carried out in 91 patients in Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi. The antigens sought were those of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae b, Neisseria meningitidis B/E. coli K1, and Neisseria meningitidis A,C,Y,W 135. Forty-one patients had proven bacterial meningitis, two had tuberculous meningitis, 39 had cerebral malaria, four had aseptic meningitis and five had convulsions. The sensitivity and specificity of the tests (Str. pneumoniae, 88% and 100%, H. influenzae b, 87% and 96%; N. meningitidis A,C,Y,W 135, 100% and 100%; and N. meningitidis B, 100% and 98%) were as good as those reported from developed countries. Unlike in some other parts of Africa, group B meningococci seem to predominate in cases of meningococcal meningitis in Malawi.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Meningitis por Haemophilus
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Meningitis Meningocócica
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Meningitis Neumocócica
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
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En
Revista:
Ann Trop Med Parasitol
Año:
1989
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Article
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido