Comparison of the New Multiepitope Recombinant Peptide Antigen with Cyst Fluid Antigen in the Follow-up of Patients with Cystic Echinococcosis

CONCLUSION: We found that recDipol did not perform as expected in the follow-up due to the higher number of seronegative patients compared to HF-ELISA in the first blood and during the entire follow-up. Our results suggest that imaging methods are gold standards in the diagnosis and that, in parallel, longer-term patient follow-up is required with recombinant antigens that have an improved diagnostic performance.PMID:34346876 | DOI:10.4274/tpd.galenos.2021.7286

Source: Turkish Society for Parasitology - August 4, 2021 Category: Parasitology Authors: Eylem Akdur Öztürk Mesut Ak ıl Ay şe Caner Halil Bozkaya Nazmiye Alt ıntaş Ay şegül Ünver Source Type: research