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Positive infectious agent test

MedGen UID:
1863674
•Concept ID:
C5936798
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Laboratory or Test Result
HPO: HP:0430030

Definition

Any kind of test for an infectious agent in a specimen positive. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPositive infectious agent test

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Guidelines for the management of Toxoplasma gondii infection and disease in patients with haematological malignancies and after haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation: guidelines from the 9th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia, 2022.
Aerts R, Mehra V, Groll AH, Martino R, Lagrou K, Robin C, Perruccio K, Blijlevens N, Nucci M, Slavin M, Bretagne S, Cordonnier C; European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia group
Lancet Infect Dis 2024 May;24(5):e291-e306. Epub 2023 Dec 19 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00495-4. PMID: 38134949
A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2018 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology.
Miller JM, Binnicker MJ, Campbell S, Carroll KC, Chapin KC, Gilligan PH, Gonzalez MD, Jerris RC, Kehl SC, Patel R, Pritt BS, Richter SS, Robinson-Dunn B, Schwartzman JD, Snyder JW, Telford S 3rd, Theel ES, Thomson RB Jr, Weinstein MP, Yao JD
Clin Infect Dis 2018 Aug 31;67(6):e1-e94. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy381. PMID: 29955859Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections across age groups.
Chu CM, Lowder JL
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018 Jul;219(1):40-51. Epub 2018 Jan 2 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.12.231. PMID: 29305250

Recent systematic reviews

Clinical Outcomes and Management of NAAT-Positive/Toxin-Negative Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Prosty C, Hanula R, Katergi K, Longtin Y, McDonald EG, Lee TC
Clin Infect Dis 2024 Feb 17;78(2):430-438. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad523. PMID: 37648251
Conversational AI and Vaccine Communication: Systematic Review of the Evidence.
Passanante A, Pertwee E, Lin L, Lee KY, Wu JT, Larson HJ
J Med Internet Res 2023 Oct 3;25:e42758. doi: 10.2196/42758. PMID: 37788057Free PMC Article
Systematic literature review informing the 2022 EULAR recommendations for screening and prophylaxis of chronic and opportunistic infections in adults with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
Fragoulis GE, Dey M, Zhao S, Schoones J, Courvoisier D, Galloway J, Hyrich KL, Nikiphorou E
RMD Open 2022 Nov;8(2) doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002726. PMID: 36323488Free PMC Article
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Bai AD, Lo CKL, Komorowski AS, Suresh M, Guo K, Garg A, Tandon P, Senecal J, Del Corpo O, Stefanova I, Fogarty C, Butler-Laporte G, McDonald EG, Cheng MP, Morris AM, Loeb M, Lee TC
Clin Microbiol Infect 2022 Aug;28(8):1076-1084. Epub 2022 Mar 23 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.03.015. PMID: 35339678
Corticosteroids for tuberculous pleurisy.
Ryan H, Yoo J, Darsini P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Mar 14;3(3):CD001876. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001876.pub3. PMID: 28290161Free PMC Article

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