The present study was conducted to compare two stool antigen detection kits with PCR for the diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica infections by using fecal specimens submitted to the Department of Microbiology at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, and the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia. A total of 279 stool samples containing the E complex (E. histolytica, Entamoeba...

We evaluated four recent antibody-detection kits for typhoid fever by using 177 febrile patients from our hospital, in 75 of whom Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi grew. TUBEX performed best, achieving 94.7% sensitivity and 80.4% specificity. Typhidot, SD Bioline Typhoid, and Mega Salmonella were less specific and, in most cases, less sensitive.

BACKGROUND A wide range of pharmaceutical products are needed for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of HIV/AIDS. However, interrupted supplies and stock-outs are the major challenges in the supply chain of ARV medicines and related commodities. The aim of this study was to assess the supply chain management of HIV/AIDS related commodities in public health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....

Coronavirus disease 2019 also known as COVID-19 has become a pandemic. The is caused by beta coronavirus called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2). severity of the can be understood massive number deaths and affected patients globally. If diagnosis fast-paced, controlled in better manner. Laboratory tests are available for diagnosis, but they bounded testing kits time. use radiolo...

The Permanente Journal/ Spring 2007/ Volume 11 No. 2 Since I wrote in The Permanente Journal (TPJ) (Fall 2005) about post-tsunami malaria in Indonesia, there have been several requests from TPJ readers regarding access to and anticipated availability of rapid diagnostic test kits (RDTs) for malaria. It is with regret that I relate that there is no intent to market these in the United States. Th...

background and objective: sinusitis is one of the most common hygienic problems and a large part of the budget has been allocated to its diagnosis and treatment yearly. in this study, the presence of cytomegalovirus in sinuses of patients, undergone operation for treatment, with or without sinusitis, was studied. materials and methods: this study was an applied and case-control study, which had...

introduction: using labeled peptides enjoys high importance in nuclear medicine. somatostatin analogs labeled with different radionuclide are vastly investigated for diagnosis or treatment of somatostatin receptor positive tumors. labeling somatostatin analogs with 99mtc as alternative of 111in needs doing different quality control method for determination of labeling yield and complex stabilit...