Leptospirosis diagnosis: Competancy of various laboratory tests

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 199-202

  Budihal, Suman Veerappa ^a   Perwez, Khalid ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b P A COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; MAT (Microscopic Agglutination Test); PCR (Polymearase Chain Reaction); Weil's disease

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTODIPSTICK ASSAY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84892719126     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/6593.3950     Document Type: Review

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