A diagnostic randomised controlled trial to study the impact of rapid diagnostic tests in patients with Acute febrile illness when compared to conventional diagnostics (DRACO study)

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Gupta, Nitin;Joylin, Sowmya;Ravindra, Prithvishree;Wilson, William;Bhat, Rachana;Guddattu, Vasudev;Neumayr, Andreas;Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay;Saravu, Kavitha
Andreas Neumayr
Abstract

[Extract] Dear editor In the paper by Feagins et al., the authors discuss the utility and limitations of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) in patients with meningitis.1 To explore the clinical utility of RDTs in patients with Acute febrile illness (AFI), we designed this study. The clinical presentation of AFIs are often overlapping; therefore, arriving at an etiological diagnosis requires serological tests. Conventionally, serological tests like Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) are used, but they have a long turnaround time. We postulated that the use of RDTs with a short turnaround time might result in a reduced hospital stay and reduced antibiotic consumption.

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Journal of Infection

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Journal of Infection

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82

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1532-2742

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W.B. Saunders

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10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.001