Relevance of Weil-Felix test in diagnosis of scrub typhus in India.
Copyright policy )Relevance of Weil-Felix test in diagnosis of scrub typhus in India.
To study the relationship of Weil-Felix test and microimmunofluorescence test.Sera of 21 patients with clinical diagnosis of scrub typhus were subjected to Weil-Felix and Microimmunofluorescence tests.On Weil-Felix test, 13 (62%) sera showed titers 1: > or = 40-320. 7 patients showed titers 1: > or = 320, 3 showed titers 1 : 160, 2 showed titers 1 : 80 and 1 patients showed titers 1 : 40, to Proteus OXK antigen. All 21 sera showed significant titers to O. tsutsugamushi on microimmunofluorescence.Weil-Felix test is not a very sensitive test in diagnosis of scrub typhus but due to of lack of availability of definitive tests in India it canbe a useful tool when used and interpreted in the correct clinical context.
Adult, Male, Adolescent, India, Middle Aged, Antibodies, Bacterial, Scrub Typhus, Agglutination Tests, Child, Preschool, Humans, Female, Child
Adult, Male, Adolescent, India, Middle Aged, Antibodies, Bacterial, Scrub Typhus, Agglutination Tests, Child, Preschool, Humans, Female, Child
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