2008
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822008000700005
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Comportamento dos testes sorológicos ML Flow e ELISA (PGL-I) em áreas endêmica e não endêmica de hanseníase

Abstract: ML Flow and anti-PGL-I ELISA are serological tests that detect IgM antibodies against the phenolic glycolipid I (PGL-I), specific to Mycobacterium leprae. To evaluate the outcomes of ML Flow and ELISA (PGL-I) serological tests in leprosy-endemic areas in comparison to non-endemic ones, a total of 351 volunteers from Brazil and Chile were examined, including leprosy patients, healthy controls and others affected by other infectious or non-infectious diseases that are common differential diagnoses for leprosy. T… Show more

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“…Our anti-PGL-I ELISA findings were similar to previously described results [13, 27, 28]. The anti-PGL-I ELISA was able to identify all LL cases (n = 3), 54.3% of borderline forms (n = 19), especially BL patients (71.4%) and 66.7% of I form.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Our anti-PGL-I ELISA findings were similar to previously described results [13, 27, 28]. The anti-PGL-I ELISA was able to identify all LL cases (n = 3), 54.3% of borderline forms (n = 19), especially BL patients (71.4%) and 66.7% of I form.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…This rate was similar to that reported by Araújo et al (2012), in which 13.3% were seropositive subjects in an endemic region, but lower than the value observed by Barreto et al (2011) in a hyperendemic area (35%). Nevertheless, leprosy contacts have a higher risk of developing the disease, regardless the proportion of seropositive contacts in endemic and non-endemic areas (Da Silva et al, 2008;Frota et al, 2010). Our results demonstrate that the same may apply when comparing the seropositive rate in endemic and hyperendemic areas.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Entretanto, o estudo de Chanteau et al 16 encontrou que o antígeno trissacarídeo é mais sensível para o diagnóstico da hanseníase PB, ao contrário deste estudo, que observou que o antígeno dissacarídeo é que se apresentou mais sensível ao diagnóstico da hanseníase PB. É importante ressaltar que o estudo em questão foi realizado em área de baixa endemicidade, a Polinésia Francesa, e tal fato sugere que o desempenho do antígeno trissacarídeo é melhor para o diagnóstico dos pacientes PB em virtude de não haver proporção significativa de indivíduos clinicamente sadios infectados com o M. leprae, os quais seriam positivos à sorologia, reduzindo, desta forma a sensibilidade dele, diferente das regiões hiperendêmicas 5,6,7,8,9,22,23,24,25 , pois, nessas regiões, a proporção de indivíduos clinicamente sadios infectados é normalmente alta 3,4,5,6,7,26 .…”
Section: Materiais E Métodosunclassified
“…Neste estudo, observou-se que o antígeno trissacarídeo apresenta melhor desempenho na identificação de contatos de pacientes com hanseníase com maior risco de adoecimento por hanseníase comparado ao dissacarídeo, 22,41% e 8,62%, respectivamente (Tabela 2). A positividade geral entre contatos (CCOS + CNCOS) foi 16,51% (18/109), semelhante às taxas encontradas em outros estudos 22,23,24,25,26 .…”
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