Modification of the Nomenclature of Procedures in Laboratory Medicine for the diagnostic laboratory procedures for Clostridium difficile infections - INAHTA Brief

The aim of this work is to evaluate the accuracy of biological techniques for the diagnosis of malaria (protozoan Plasmodium infections). It focuses on immunochromatographic method (rapid diagnostic tests or RDT) for detection of parasite proteins in blood, on specific Plasmodium antibodies detection and also on parasite identification on blood smears using light microscopy.

This study was conducted with a view to inclusion or changes in the List of Procedures in Laboratory Medicine reimbursed by the national health insurance system in France