Unexpected false-negative result in a traveller's malaria diagnosis

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Perez-Ugarte, Arantxa [1 ]
Rubio Maturana, Carles [2 ]
Silgado, Aroa [1 ,3 ]
Zarzuela Serrat, Francesc [1 ]
Goterris, Lidia [1 ]
Paredes-Carmona, Fernando [4 ]
Sulleiro, Elena [1 ,3 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Vall dHebron Univ Hosp, Microbiol Dept, PROS Barcelona, Barcelona 08035, Spain
[2] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Microbiol Dept, Barcelona 08035, Spain
[3] Inst Salud Carlos III, CIBERINFEC, Madrid, Spain
[4] Arnau Vilanova Univ Hosp, Dept Paediat, Lleida 25198, Spain
[5] Hosp Univ Vall dHebron, Serv Microbiol, P Vall dHebron119 129, Barcelona 08035, Spain
关键词
Prozone effect; rapid diagnostic tests; HRP-2; microscopic examination; malaria; TESTS;
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10.1093/jtm/taac124
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
A 4-year-old traveller returned from Senegal with symptoms compatible with malaria. Plasmodium falciparum HRP-2 antigen detection was negative, whereas panmalarial aldolase was positive. Microscopy confirmed the presence of P. falciparum trophozoites with parasitaemia of 16%. Discarding other causes of false-negative antigen detection, this is a rare case of prozone effect.
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