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As COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, it is an emerging need to discuss different aspects of this pandemic. In any pandemic, valid and rapid laboratory diagnostic tests are critically important for early diagnosis, which will increase the rate of successful treatment and more importantly prevent the spread of the disease.  

Results ASOT January 2009December 2010 = 645 N° patients=359 N° ASOT’s >400 = 100 (28 %) Notes reviewed = 95/100 patients Where both ASOT and Anti DNAse B were performed simultaneously (No =194), results correlated in 88% Throat Swab performed in the group with ASOT >400 = 43/100 65 % patients with ASOT >400 were prescribed antibiotics Conclusions Nearly 1/5 of patients with positive streptococ...

Q fever is a potentially severe disease which can occur in large outbreaks of acute infections and is a possible bioterrorism agent. In order to lessen the delay in diagnosing acute Q fever, we compared LightCycler Nested PCR (LCN-PCR), a rapid nested PCR assay that uses serum sampled early during the disease as a specimen and the LightCycler as a thermal cycler, to serology by indirect immunof...