SynthesisEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2022
Rapid diagnostic test (Leptocheck-WB) for detection of acute leptospirosis: a meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy.
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- Development of a new accurate lateral flow immunoassay for diagnosis of human leptospirosis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2024Article
- Leptospirosis Cases among Outpatients with Non-Malaria Fever Attending Primary Care Clinics during the Rainy Season in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
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Abstract
The majority of leptospirosis is subclinical or mild self-limiting systemic illness. A rapid and accurate diagnostic test for the detection of leptospirosis is essential to prevent disease progression from acute non-severe illness to potentially fatal infection. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) recognized as point-of-care (PoC) tests may support clinical decision-making in resource-poor settings. We aimed to assess the accuracy of PoC (Leptocheck-WB) for the detection of acute leptospirosis by meta-analysis of data from eligible studies. This study adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis for Diagnostic Test Accuracy (PRISMA-DTA) guideline. The pooling of data was done only when there were two or more studies that used a particular type of reference test. A total of ten studies (n = 5369) were identified. The majority (70%) were from the Asian region. Using microscopic agglutination test (MAT) as reference test, the pooled sensitivity (0.75, 95% CI: 0.64 to 0.84, 10 studies, I
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