2018
DOI: 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2018.160104
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The Availability of Echinococcus IgG ELISA for Diagnosing Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts

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“…Otherwise, the clinician is confronted by a dilemma and the diagnosis remains challenging. Previous studies reported a positive serology in 57% of the patients with pulmonary HC (13). In our study, it was positive in 87.2% of the cases.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 65%
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“…Otherwise, the clinician is confronted by a dilemma and the diagnosis remains challenging. Previous studies reported a positive serology in 57% of the patients with pulmonary HC (13). In our study, it was positive in 87.2% of the cases.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 65%
“…Also, the cyst size, location and vitality of larval cysts interfered in the results (12). Actually, pulmonary, cerebral and splenic HC cause less antibody response compared to hepatic and bone HC (13).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The last tested diagnostic kit – NovaLisa TM Echinococcus IgG (NovaTec Immunodiagnostica, Germany) shows the detection of the IgG antibodies to Echinococcus spp. Despite the fact that this commercial test is commonly used in laboratories ( Aydin et al, 2018 ) , studies on its sensitivity and specificity are very rare. The producer claims a high rate of diagnostic sensitivity (97.2 %) and specificity (99.4 %); however, in our study the test had a lower sensitivity (77.8 %) and specificity (95.7 %), and the PPV and NPV were 87.5 % and 91.8 %, respectively.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Spezifische AK steigen 4-6 Wochen postoperativ an und fallen dann langsam über 12 bis 18 Monate ab. Bis zur Seronegativität kann es zwischen 3 und 7 Jahre dauern [8,11,12]. In der Akutsituation ist sie in aller Regel nicht verfügbar, sodass die Diagnose durch die Klinik und die Bildgebung zu stellen ist.…”
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