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Comparison Of The Diagnostic Value Of The Standard Tube Agglutination Test And The Elisa Igg And Igm In Patients With Brucellosis, Mustafa Ertek, Hali̇l Yazgi, Zülal Özkurt, Ahmet Ayyildiz, Mehmet Parlak
Comparison Of The Diagnostic Value Of The Standard Tube Agglutination Test And The Elisa Igg And Igm In Patients With Brucellosis, Mustafa Ertek, Hali̇l Yazgi, Zülal Özkurt, Ahmet Ayyildiz, Mehmet Parlak
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Background and Aims: Brucellosis is endemic in Turkey. Since it affects many organs and the symptoms are non-specific, the diagnosis by clinical findings is difficult and may be easily missed. Many serological tests have been used for the diagnosis of human brucellosis. This study compared the diagnostic value of the Brucella standard tube agglutination test (SAT) with that of ELISA (Brucella specific IgG and IgM) tests in patients with Brucella bacteremia. Patients and Methods: Thirty-two patients with brucellosis who had positive blood and/or bone-marrow cultures for Brucella species, and 20 healthy individuals as controls were included in the study. Results: …