Importance of Clinical Suspicion in Rapid Diagnostic Test Negativity in Malaria: Two Case Reports

GÜN, CEM; ALDİNÇ, HASAN; YAYLACI, SERPİL; Ustun, Cemal; Barbur, Erol

doi:10.33706/jemcr.777328

Importance of Clinical Suspicion in Rapid Diagnostic Test Negativity in Malaria: Two Case Reports

GÜN C., ALDİNÇ H., YAYLACI S., Ustun C., Barbur E.

JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS, cilt.11, sa.3, ss.85-87, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2020
Doi Numarası: 10.33706/jemcr.777328
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.85-87
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by infection with Plasmodium parasites. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have been used for the diagnosis of malaria without special equipment by unskilled personnel over the last 15 years. The treatment should only be given after the clinical diagnosis confirmed by RDT or microscopy. RDTs' specificity and sensitivity have been reported as >95% by the World Health Organization - Foundation for Initiative New Diagnostics (WHO-FIND).