TY - JOUR
T1 - Short report
T2 - The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is an unreliable predictor of infecting Leptospira serovar in Thailand
AU - Smythe, Lee D.
AU - Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn
AU - Chierakul, Wirongrong
AU - Suputtamongkol, Yupin
AU - Tiengrim, Surapee
AU - Dohnt, Michael F.
AU - Symonds, Meegan L.
AU - Slack, Andrew T.
AU - Apiwattanaporn, Apichat
AU - Chueasuwanchai, Sunee
AU - Day, Nicholas P.
AU - Peacock, Sharon J.
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - A prospective study in Thailand identified 106 patients with culture-proven leptospirosis. The accuracy of the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) in predicting the infecting serovar was evaluated in 78/106 (74%) patients with a diagnostic titer. MAT correctly determined the infecting serovar in 26 cases (33%), indicating that this assay is a poor predictor of infecting serovar in our setting.
AB - A prospective study in Thailand identified 106 patients with culture-proven leptospirosis. The accuracy of the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) in predicting the infecting serovar was evaluated in 78/106 (74%) patients with a diagnostic titer. MAT correctly determined the infecting serovar in 26 cases (33%), indicating that this assay is a poor predictor of infecting serovar in our setting.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70349744091&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0252
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0252
M3 - Article
C2 - 19815889
AN - SCOPUS:70349744091
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 81
SP - 695
EP - 697
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 4
ER -
