Volume : VI, Issue : V, May - 2016

EVALUATION OF RAPID DIAGNOSTIC KITS (CARD TEST) IN COMPARISON WITH ROUTINE SMEAR EXAMINATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA.

Dr. Vijaysathishkumar, Dr. Amudhavalli, Dr. Ravi, Dr. Aishwarya

Abstract :

 Malaria, one of the most prevalent protozoan disease causes about 1.5million deaths worldwide. Rapid diagnosis is a prerequisite for effective treatment and reducing the mortality and morbidity of falciparum malaria. This study aims at compå gold standard leishman stained peripheral smear examination with rapid diagnostic tests. 1ml of blood is collected from 100patients having features suspicious of malaria and subjected to Leishman stained smear examination and card tests. Out of the 100 samples, 16 were positive by smear examination and 20 positive by card test. 2cases were positive for p.falciparum by both methods. Of the 20 card test positive cases, 11 were negative by smear method. In this study the sensitivity of card test is 56.25% and specificity is 87%. Though microscopy is the gold standard and cost effective method, this card test proves useful for rapid diagnosis and preventing unnecessary Artemesinin Combination therapy in true negative patients.

Keywords :

Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

Cite This Article:

Dr. Vijaysathishkumar, Dr.Amudhavalli, Dr.Ravi, Dr.Aishwarya EVALUATION OF RAPID DIAGNOSTIC KITS (CARD TEST) IN COMPARISON WITH ROUTINE SMEAR EXAMINATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA. Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.6, Issue : 5 MAY 2016

Number of Downloads : 542

References :

<p><pre></pre></p>