Publication: Predictive factors for gnathostoma seropositivity in patients visiting the gnathostomiasis clinic at the hospital for tropical diseases, Thailand during 2000-2005
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2010-11-01
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01251562
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Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.41, No.6 (2010), 1316-1321
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Valai Bussaratid, Paron Dekumyoy, Varunee Desakorn, Naowarat Jaroensuk, Busaya Liebtawee, Wallop Pakdee, Yupaporn Wattanagoon Predictive factors for gnathostoma seropositivity in patients visiting the gnathostomiasis clinic at the hospital for tropical diseases, Thailand during 2000-2005. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.41, No.6 (2010), 1316-1321. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/29468
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Predictive factors for gnathostoma seropositivity in patients visiting the gnathostomiasis clinic at the hospital for tropical diseases, Thailand during 2000-2005
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This was a retrospective study of patients having Gnathostoma antibody testing at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok during 2000-2005 to investigate predictive factors for Gnathostoma seropositivity in patients attending the Gnathostomiasis Clinic. Out of 849 patients tested, 531 (62.5%) were Gnathostoma seropositive. The median absolute eosinophil counts were 464 (0-16,796) and 326.5 (0-10,971) cells/mm3 in seropositive and seronegative patients, respectively (p<0.001). Differences in a history of cutaneous swelling, the habit of eating raw meat, eosinophilia (>500 cells/mm3), and the frequency of cutaneous swellings between seropositive and seronegative patients were all statistically significant. Patients with a history of eating raw meat and a history of cutaneous swelling were at 2.1 and 1.8 times more likely to be Gnathostoma seropositive, respectively. Logistic regression analysis showed eosinophilia was not a predictive factor for Gnathostoma seropositivity.