Gold Standard Test

The tests and procedures necessary to definitively establish to a high level of certainty the presence or absence of a particular disease in an individual
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It was found that the vast majority of infection diagnoses were made by no gold standard test laboratory that is the culture of the catheter tip by quantitative method.
Prevalence of infection in patients with temporary catheter for hemodialysis in a teaching hospital/Titulo prevalencia de infeccao em pacientes com cateter provisorio para hemodialise em um hospital ensino
Statistical analysis was done using chi-square test for sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value for Widal test and typhoid test with culture positivity for typhoid fever as the gold standard test.
A comparative study of Typhidot test and Widal test with the culture-positive typhoid fever in children
3] Using 2x2 tables, we compare the performance of the new test (usually less expensive) with the gold standard test.
Evaluation and application of diagnostic accuracy in clinical decision-making
Objective: To evaluate sensitivity and specificity of disc approximation test compared to three-dimensional extract test as a phenotypic gold standard test for detection of AmpC beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Evaluation of phenotypic tests for detection of Amp C beta-lactamases in clinical isolates from a tertiary care hospital of Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Tza-Huei Wang and his team of researchers validated mobiLab's performance against the Gen-Probe Aptima Combo 2 assay, widely considered the gold standard test for chlamydia.
New diagnostic tests serve the underserved: newly developed point-of-care clinical tests are faster and more affordable, bringing heath care to the masses
Cardiac catheterization and angiography is the gold standard test for diagnosing CAD.
What are the right heart disease tests for women: when you should be tested, and what kind of test you should have, may surprise you
These disorders don't have a pathognomonic finding or a gold standard test.
Beyond the white coat: just in case
They determined that purified, finely ground corn bran can be used as a substitute for up to 20% of the flour called for in the American Association of Cereal Chemists' gold standard test recipe for white cake.
Adding fiber, cutting fat in baked cakes
The gold standard test would be to pitch the testosterone injections against a dummy drug in a controlled trial," he added.
Testosterone supplements may help obese men lose weight
Unfortunately there is still no gold standard test to confirm the diagnosis and currently no curative treatment.
Behcet disease
Nielsen said the company is not looking to replace colonoscopy, the current gold standard test for colon cancer.
A simple blood test correctly identified most colorectal cancers in an early trial of the technology, offering the possibility of a convenient screening test that could be done during routine checkups, the company which developed it said
Because of no gold standard test, at least two GH stimulation tests are required for the diagnosis of GHD (1,8,9).
Comparison of diagnostic values of growth hormone stimulation tests in adolescents/ Adolesanlarda buyume hormonu stimulasyon testlerinin tanisal degerlerinin karsilastirilmasi

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