Gupta S K, Sanghi S, Sharma U, Acharya U, Raman S
Department of Pediatric Medicine, Sir Padampat Mother and Child Health Institute, SMS Medical College, Jaipur.
Indian Pediatr. 1990 Nov;27(11):1183-6.
Precipitation test (modified Lavinson's test) was conducted in 125 cases of meningitis. Of these, 50 cases (proved cases of tuberculous meningitis) who served as positive controls showed positive response for the precipitation test in 96% and in 25 cases of negative control group (cases of meningitis other than TBM), it showed only 4% positivity. The remaining 50 cases of TBM where the cytological and biochemical findings were not in correlation with clinical diagnosis of TBM, showed 92% positivity for early diagnosis of TBM.
对125例脑膜炎患者进行了沉淀试验(改良拉文森试验)。其中,50例(确诊的结核性脑膜炎病例)作为阳性对照,沉淀试验阳性反应率为96%;25例阴性对照组(非结核性脑膜炎的其他脑膜炎病例)阳性率仅为4%。其余50例结核性脑膜炎病例,其细胞学和生化检查结果与结核性脑膜炎的临床诊断不相关,但沉淀试验对结核性脑膜炎早期诊断的阳性率为92%。