Modified Levinson's test in rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Modified Levinson's test in rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Modified Levinson's precipitation test was done in 64 cases of TBM, 54 cases of TBM with inconsistent CSF finding, and 32 cases of pyogenic meningitis. The test was positive in 93.7% cases of TBM (sensitivity, 93.7%), 85.5% cases of TBM with doubtful diagnosis and in 9.4% cases of pyogenic meni...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Indian pediatrics 1994-03, Vol.31 (3), p.301-304
Hauptverfasser: VEENA GUPTA, AGARWAL, V. K, MATHUR, S, TRIPATHI, V. N, ASHA AGARWAL, MAYA BHALLA, KHADWEL, A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Fractional Precipitation
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Tropical medicine
Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
Tuberculosis, Meningeal - cerebrospinal fluid
Tuberculosis, Meningeal - drug therapy
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Modified Levinson's precipitation test was done in 64 cases of TBM, 54 cases of TBM with inconsistent CSF finding, and 32 cases of pyogenic meningitis. The test was positive in 93.7% cases of TBM (sensitivity, 93.7%), 85.5% cases of TBM with doubtful diagnosis and in 9.4% cases of pyogenic meningitis (specificity 90.6%) compared to 79.7%, 72.2% and 18.8% in original Levinson's test, respectively. With CSF examination only 66% cases of TBM could be diagnosed while with modified Levinson's test and CSF analysis 89% cases could be diagnosed (p < 0.001). So modified Levinson's test for diagnosis of TBM is better than Levinson's test (p < 0.05) with an added advantage of time saving.
ISSN:0019-6061
0974-7559