Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of blood cultures from cattle clinically suspected of bacterial endocarditis
| Autor: | D Pedersen, L. Eriksen, H V Krogh, H Houe, Gregers Jungersen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology Coagulation time Biopsy Cattle Diseases Bacteremia Sensitivity and Specificity Gastroenterology Diagnosis Differential Bacterial endocarditis Predictive Value of Tests Internal medicine medicine Animals Endocarditis Bacteriological Techniques General Veterinary business.industry Endocarditis Bacterial General Medicine medicine.disease Predictive value Pulse rate Predictive value of tests Cattle business |
| Zdroj: | Technical University of Denmark Orbit |
| ISSN: | 2042-7670 0042-4900 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/vr.133.11.263 |
| Popis: | This study investigated the number of blood culture-positive cattle among 215 animals clinically suspected of having bacterial endocarditis. For animals that were necropsied, the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of the diagnosis of endocarditis were calculated on the basis of the isolation of the causative bacteria from blood. Furthermore, it was investigated whether the glutaraldehyde coagulation time, total leucocyte count, per cent neutrophil granulocytes, pulse rate and duration of disease could help to discriminate endocarditis from other diseases. Among 138 animals necropsied the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of blood cultivation were 70.7 per cent, 93.8 per cent and 89.1 per cent, respectively. None of the other measurements could be used to discriminate between endocarditis and non-endocarditis cases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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