A foueen year old body is admitted with history of fever, icterus, conjunctival suffusion and haematuria for twenty days. Which of the following serological test can be of diagnostic utility -
Ans. is 'b' i.e., Microscopic agglutination test History of fever, jaundice (icterus), bleeding diathesis (conjuctival suffusion) and renal dysfunction (hematuria) are suggestive of Weil's disease (severe Leptospirosis). A definite diagnosis of leptospirosis is based either on isolation of the organism from the patient or on seroconversion or a rise in antibody titer in microscopic agglutination test (MAT).
Widal test
Microscopic Agglutination Test
Paul Bunnell test
Weil felix reaction