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  • Antibiotic use and antimicrobial activity in urine of febrile patients 
    Wijesuriya, M.T.W.; Bailey, M.S.; Premaratna, R.; Wuthiekanun, V.; Peacock, S.J.; Lalloo, D.C.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2007)
    OBJECTIVES: Prior antibiotic use may decrease sensitivity of bacterial cultures leading to diagnostic difficulties. Our objectives were to detect antimicrobial activity in urine of patients presenting with fever and to ...
  • Comparison of seven commercial antigen and antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for detection of acute dengue infection 
    Blacksell, S.D.; Jarman, R.G.; Gibbons, R.V.; Tanganuchitcharnchai, A.; Mammen, M.P.Jr.; Nisalak, A.; Kalayanarooj, S.; Bailey, M.S.; Premaratna, R.; de Silva, H.J.; Day, N.P.; Lalloo, D.G. (American Society for Microbiology, 2012)
    Seven commercial assays were evaluated to determine their suitability for the diagnosis of acute dengue infection: (i) the Panbio dengue virus Pan-E NS1 early enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), second generation ...
  • Dengue fever mimicking acute appendicitis 
    Premaratna, R.; Bailey, M.S.; Rathnasena, B.G.N.; de Silva, H.J. (Oxford University Press, 2007)
    We report 12 patients [5 males, mean age 28 years (SD 4.6)] presenting with clinical features suggestive of acute appendicitis who were later diagnosed as having dengue fever (DF). Seven were admitted to hospital by surgeons ...
  • Dengue fever presenting as acute appendicitis 
    Premaratna, R.; Bailey, M.S.; Fernando, M.J.; Rathnasena, B.G.N.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2007)
    INTRODUCTION: Dengue-fever (DF) is known to present with surgical emergencies, including acute pancreatitis and acalculous cholecystitis. CASE RECORDS: During 2006, 12 patients [5 males, mean age 28(SD 4.6) years] ...
  • A descriptive study of 63 patients with rickettsial infections: reasons for delay in the diagnosis 
    Premaratna, R.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Bailey, M.S.; Loftis, A.D.; Dasch, G.A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2008)
    BACKGROUND: Most patients with rickettsial infections present to hospital as cases of "febrile illness of unknown origin". The delay in diagnosis may result in severe complications. Objectives: To determine reasons for the ...
  • Estimating the true accuracy of diagnostic tests for dengue infection using bayesian latent class models 
    Pan-ngum, W.; Blacksell, S.D.; Lubell, Y.; Pukrittayakamee, S.; Bailey, M.S.; de Silva, H.J.; Lalloo, D.G.; Day, N.P.; White, L.J.; Limmathurotsakul, D. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
    BACKGROUND: Accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for dengue infection has been repeatedly estimated by comparing those tests with reference assays. We hypothesized that those estimates might be inaccurate if the accuracy of ...
  • Evaluation of six commercial point-of-care tests for diagnosis of acute dengue infections: the need for combining NS1 antigen and IgM/IgG antibody detection to achieve acceptable levels of accuracy 
    Blacksell, S.D.; Jarman, R.G.; Bailey, M.S.; Tanganuchitcharnchai, A.; Jenjaroen, K.; Gibbons, R.V.; Paris, D.H.; Premaratna, R.; de Silva, H.J.; Lalloo, D.G.; Day, N.P. (American Society for Microbiology, 2011)
    Six assays were evaluated in this study to determine their suitability for the diagnosis of acute dengue infection using samples from 259 Sri Lankan patients with acute fevers (99 confirmed dengue cases and 160 patients ...
  • A fever study at the Colombo North Teaching Hospital (CNTH) 
    Bailey, M.S.; Wijesuriya, T.; Premaratna, R.; de Silva, N.R.; Wuthiekanun, F.; Peacock, S.J.; Lalloo, D.G.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2007)
    OBJECTIVES: To determine the aetiology of febrile illnesses at CNTH, to identify effective laboratory tests for their confirmation, and to develop clinical prediction rules that will assist diagnosis. DESIGN, SETTING AND ...
  • Poor diagnostic accuracy of commercial antibody-based assays for the diagnosis of acute Chikungunya infection 
    Blacksell, S.D.; Tanganuchitcharnchai, A.; Jarman, R.G.; Gibbons, R.V.; Paris, D.H.; Bailey, M.S.; Day, N.P.; Premaratna, R.; Lalloo, D.G.; de Silva, H.J. (American Society for Microbiology, 2011)
    A Sri Lankan fever cohort (n = 292 patients; 17.8% prevalence) was used to assess two standard diagnostic Chikungunya IgM tests. The immunochromatographic test (ICT) acute sample sensitivity (SN) was 1.9 to 3.9%, and ...
  • Sri Lankan sanni masks: an ancient classification of disease 
    Bailey, M.S.; de Silva, H.J. (British Medical Association, 2006)
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