Age | Sex | Risk factors | Symptoms | Other diagnostic tests | Final diagnosis | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 48 yr | M | No | Arthralgia | Culture negative, ANA positive | Connective tissue disease |
2 | 45 yr | F | No | Fever, knee joint pain | Culture negative, Rubella IgG positive, ANA positive | Connective tissue disease |
3 | 59 yr | M | No | Paralysis (TIA) | Culture negative | Stroke |
4 | 36 yr | M | No | Fever, cough, | Culture negative | Tuberculosis |
5 | 31 yr | M | No | Fever and fatigue | Culture negative, Monospot positive, VCA-IgM positive | EBV – infectious mononucleosis |
6 | 35 yr | F | No | Joint pain | Culture negative, ANA positive | Polyarthralgia |
7 | 7 yr | M | No | Fever | Culture negative, RSAT negative | Meningitis |
8 | 34 yr | M | Worker at slaughter-house | Fever | Culture positive, VCA-IgM negative | Brucellosis |
9 | 35 yr | M | No | Fever, fatigue, malaise | Culture negative | PUO |
10 | 45 yr | M | No | High-grade fever | Culture negative | Self-limited febrile syndrome |
11 | 64 yr | M | No | Fever and weight loss | Culture negative, HIV-Ab positive | HIV |
12 | 27 yr | M | No | Fever and low BP | Culture and RSAT negative | Septic shock of unknown origin |
13 | 17 yr | M | No | Fatigue and dizziness | Culture negative | – |
14 | 26 yr | M | No | dizziness | – | – |
15 | 46 yr | M | No | Pancytopenia | Culture negative | Lymphoproliferative disease |
16 | 17 yr | F | No | Joint pain | Culture negative, ANA positive | Connective Tissue Disease |
17 | 31 yr | F | No | Fever | Culture negative | PUO |
18 | 17 yr | M | No | Fever and abdominal pain | Culture negative, Syphilis-Ig positive | Syphilis |
19 | 28 yr | M | No | Abdominal pain | Culture negative | Self-limited unspecified abdominal pain |
20 | 44 yr | M | Medical laboratory Technologist | Generalized abdominal pain | Culture negative | Prostate malignancy |
21 | 22 yr | M | No | Neck and right shoulder pain | Culture negative, ANA negative | Mechanical neck pain |
22 | 32 yr | M | No | Low-grade fever | Culture negative, HBsAg positive | Hepatitis-B |
Serology Pattern | Number of Samples | Number of Patients | Number of times serology was repeated with the same results | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | IgG−IgM− | 991 | 976 | 1 |
2 | IgG+IgM+ | 68 | 38 | 2–5 |
3 | IgG+IgM− | 28 | 22 | 1–5 |
4 | IgG−IgM+ | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Age | Sex | Risk factors | Symptoms | Other diagnostic tests | Final diagnosis | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 14 yr | F | No | Chest pain, cough and fever | Negative blood culture and RSAT | URTI |
2 | 30 yr | M | No | Shoulder pain | Negative blood culture and RSAT | Cervicalgia |
3 | 40 yr | F | No | Fever and arthralgia | Negative blood culture and positive RSAT | Acute cystitis |
4 | 32 yr | F | No | Abdominal pain and splenomegaly | Negative blood culture and RSAT, ANA positive | SLE |
5 | 22 yr | F | No | Arthralgia | – | Multiple sclerosis |
6 | 37 yr | F | No | Fever and back ache | – | Spondylarthrosis |
7 | 25 yr | M | No | Fever and body aches | Positive Syphilis-Ig, Negative blood culture and RSAT | Syphilis, HTN |
8 | 17 yr | M | No | Myalgia and arthralgia | Positive ANA, Negative blood culture and RSAT | Connective tissue disease/SLE |
9 | 31 yr | F | No | Arthralgia | Positive ANA and dsDNA, Negative blood culture and positive RSAT | SLE |
10 | 24 yr | M | Nurse in a Medical Unit | Fever and fatigue | Negative blood culture and positive RSAT | PUO |
11 | 30 yr | M | No | Fever and Myalgia | Influenza PCR positive, Negative blood culture and positive RSAT | Influenza |
12 | 30 yr | F | No | Backache | Negative blood culture and negative RSAT, ANA positive | CTD/SLE |
13 | 39 yr | M | No | Fever cough chest pain hemoptysis | Negative RSAT | Community acquired pneumonia |
14 | 22 yr | M | No | Hematuria | Negative blood culture and negative RSAT | Renal stones |
15 | 24 yr | M | No | Fever | Negative blood culture and negative RSAT | PUO |