Changes in toxoplasma diagnosis
| Autor: | Susan McDonagh, Darrel O Ho-Yen, Neil Spence, J. M. W. Chatterton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Antibodies Protozoan Reference laboratory Microbiology Serology Immunocompromised Host Internal medicine Clinical information medicine Humans Toxoplasma antibody Serologic Tests In patient Child Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged Laboratories Hospital Laboratory results Meta-analysis Immunology Female business Toxoplasma Toxoplasmosis |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Microbiology. 60:1762-1766 |
| ISSN: | 1473-5644 0022-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.1099/jmm.0.032813-0 |
| Popis: | The serological laboratory workload in detecting toxoplasma infection may be expected to change with changes in the clinical profile of patient populations. We have examined the clinical information and laboratory results for patients referred to the Scottish Toxoplasma Reference Laboratory in April-March 1999-2000 and 2009-2010. Numbers of patient sera submitted for testing were similar (1624 and 1552) but there was a change in the clinical profile, with a significant fall in patients with symptoms of current infection (612 versus 335; P |
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