Use of dipsticks for rapid diagnosis of cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 from rectal swabs |
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Authors: | Bhuiyan N A Qadri Firdausi Faruque A S G Malek M A Salam M A Nato Farida Fournier J M Chanteau S Sack David A Balakrish Nair G |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory and Clinical Sciences Divisions, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh. |
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Abstract: | We evaluated the recently developed dipsticks for the rapid detection of Vibrio cholerae serotypes O1 and O139 from rectal swabs of hospitalized diarrheal patients after enrichment for 4 h in alkaline peptone water. The sensitivity and specificity of the dipsticks were above 92 and 91%, respectively. The dipsticks represent the first rapid test which has been successfully used to diagnose cholera from rectal swabs, and this would immensely improve surveillance for cholera, especially in remote settings. |
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