Name
TICK FEVER
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
D.D. : - INFLUENZA - ENTEROVIRAL INFECTION - INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS - VIRAL HEPATITIS - LEPTOSPIROSIS - TYPHOID FEVER - GRAM NEGATIVE OR GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIAL SEPSIS - HUMAN MONOCYTIC OR GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS - MURINE TYPHUS - SYLVATIC FLYING-SQUIRREL TYPHUS - RICKETTSIALPOXOTHER TESTS : * INDIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY - POSITIVE IN 7 - 10 DAYS . DIAGNOSTIC TITER OF MORE THAN 1:64 ( 94 - 100% SENSTIVITY & SPECIFICITY ). * LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST - 71 - 94% * SOLID STATE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY * IMMUNOHISTOLOGIC EXAMINATION ( IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE OR IMMUNOENZYME STAINING ) OF A CUTANEOUS BIOPSY OF A RASH LESION FOR RICKETTSII ( 70% SENSITIVE & 100% SPECIFIC ) THE MOST USEFUL DIAGNOSTIC TEST DURING ACUTE ILLNESS. * PCR - INSENSITIVE
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, PCR