Diagnostic Picture Tests in Infectious Diseases

Evaluation of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases: general principles

Intradermal tests in dermatology-I: tests for infectious diseases.

INTRODUCTION Although the tests could be done at any site, the proximal part of the flexor aspect of the forearm is Intradermal tests are widely used to support the conventionally used. This site can be conveniently diagnosis of dermatological and nondermatological exposed and the skin of the proximal area is more diseases. They are mainly indicated for the detection sensitive than the distal. ...

Corticosteroids in Infectious Diseases

Accumulated data based on experiences with curtico,teroids in the management uf infectious disea­ses, have proved that they are very dfective and ,afe drugs provided that are administered properly.  The Corticosteroids arc administered mainly be­c,1usc o; antitoxic, antiimflammatory a11d antiallcrgic effects, the cndotoxius are ncuturalized, generalized body reactions are diminished, damaged t...

An overview of meta-analyses of diagnostic tests in infectious diseases.

This review summarizes meta-analyses evaluating the accuracy of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases. Systematic searches identified 55 meta-analyses that satisfied inclusion criteria of reporting diagnostic accuracy of an index test compared with a reference test. All reviews were assessed for methods and reporting. The overall assessment underlined problems in several key steps: reporting...

Nonculture Diagnostic Tests for Enteric Diseases

The diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) has traditionally been based on culture results of feces from patients with diarrhea. Virtually everything we know about disease and the epidemiology of enteric pathogens, such as Salmonella spp., Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), e.g., O157, and Campylobacter spp., has been generated from the study of patients with culture-confirmed inf...