Table 4 Serology associated with malaria and bacteraemia
From: Acute undifferentiated fever in India: a multicentre study of aetiology and diagnostic accuracy
Serology | N | Malaria PCR (n = 1412) | Malaria PCR + microscopy (N = 984) | Bacteraemia (N = 1161) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive N = 268 N (%) | Negative N = 1144 N (%) | P | Positive N = 66 | Negative N = 918 | P | Positive N = 124 | Negativei N = 1037 | P | ||
Dengue | ||||||||||
Positivea | 244 | 58/258 (22) | 170/1118 (15) | 0.005 | 13/65 (20) | 120/908 (13) | 0.124 | 13/124 (10) | 197/1021 (19) | 0.017 |
Negativeb | 1243 | 200/258 (78) | 948/1118 (85) | 52/65 (80) | 788/908 (87) | 111/124 (90) | 824/1021 (81) | |||
Leptospirosis | ||||||||||
Positivec | 116 | 24/248 (10) | 85/1061 (8) | 0.393 | 7/60 (12) | 72/853 (8) | 0.390 | 14/118 (12) | 57/985 (6) | 0.011 |
Negatived | 1303 | 224/248 (90) | 976/1061 (92) | 53/60 (88) | 781/853(92) | 104/118 (88) | 928/985 (94) | |||
Scrub typhus | ||||||||||
Positivee | 159 | 27/250 (11) | 119/1078 (11) | 0.913 | 10/63 (16) | 104/872 (12) | 0.355 | 10/118 (8) | 76/989 (8) | 0.762 |
Negativef | 1281 | 223/250 (89) | 959/1078 (89) | 53/63 (84) | 768/872 (88) | 108/118 (92) | 913/989 (92) | |||
Chikungunya | ||||||||||
Positiveg | 98 | 20/261 (8) | 70/1117 (6) | 0.411 | 5/64 (8) | 57/904 (6) | 0.634 | 7/123 (6) | 82/1020 (8) | 0.359 |
Negativeh | 1389 | 241/261(92) | 1047/1117(94) | 59/64 (92) | 847/904 (94) | 116/123(94) | 938/1020 (92) | |||