Microcapsule agglutination test for the diagnosis of leptospirosis in Thailand

Y. Suputtamongkol; S. Sarawish; S. Silpasakorn; U. Potha; K. Silpapojakul; P. Naigowit

doi:10.1080/00034983.1998.11813342

Microcapsule agglutination test for the diagnosis of leptospirosis in Thailand

Y. Suputtamongkol
, S. Sarawish
, S. Silpasakorn
, U. Potha
, K. Silpapojakul
, P. Naigowit

Department of Medicine

Siriraj Hospital
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University
Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences at the NIH

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Abstract

Sera from 82 cases of leptospirosis (confirmed by micro-agglutination tests or IFAT) and 108 patients with other diseases were investigated using the microcapsule agglutination test (MCAT) for leptospirosis. The overall sensitivity (90.2%), specificity (96.3%), positive predictive value (94.9%), negative predictive value (92.9%), and accuracy of the MCAT (93.7%) were encouraging. MCAT is simple, can be performed by unskilled personnel with minimum laboratory facilities, and produces results in 3 h. MCAT would be a reliable serodiagnostic test for rapidly screening individuals for leptospirosis, in various geographical areas of Thailand.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	797-801
Number of pages	5
Journal	Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
Volume	92
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1998.11813342
Publication status	Published - 1998

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