Testing for Toxocariasis

Diane L. Elliot; David H. Hickam; Linn Goldberg; Joel L. Bass; Kishor A. Mehta; Lawrence T. Glickman; Richard Blocker; Bonnie M. Eppes

doi:10.1056/NEJM198308113090618

Testing for Toxocariasis

Diane L. Elliot, David H. Hickam, Linn Goldberg, Joel L. Bass, Kishor A. Mehta, Lawrence T. Glickman, Richard Blocker, Bonnie M. Eppes

Health Promotion and Sports Medicine

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To the Editor: When inferences are being drawn from test results, it is imperative that test performance be properly interpreted. In a letter in the March 24 issue,¹ Bass et al. suggest that positive serologic tests could be used as markers for asymptomatic toxocariasis. We think that their conclusion overstates the predictive value of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) titer that they used. Bayes' formula allows calculation of the predictive value of a positive test if the sensitivity and specificity of the test and the pretest risk of disease are known. The limited information provided on Bass' patients without eosinophilia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	379-380
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	309
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198308113090618
State	Published - Aug 11 1983

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