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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Year : 2012  |  Volume : 60  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 164

DNA chip-assisted diagnosis for ocular toxoplasmosis: A comment


Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand

Date of Web Publication20-Mar-2012

Correspondence Address:
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok 10160
Thailand
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.94071

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Wiwanitkit V. DNA chip-assisted diagnosis for ocular toxoplasmosis: A comment. Indian J Ophthalmol 2012;60:164

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Wiwanitkit V. DNA chip-assisted diagnosis for ocular toxoplasmosis: A comment. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2012 [cited 2024 Mar 29];60:164. Available from: https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/text.asp?2012/60/2/164/94071

Dear Editor,

I read the recent publication on DNA chip-assisted diagnosis for ocular toxoplasmosis with a great interest. [1] I accept that this report might imply the usefulness of DNA-chip technology in diagnosis of toxoplasmosis. However, there are some concerns in laboratory medicine for this report. First, although Basu et al., mentioned that validation of the DNA chip was already done there is no data on its diagnostic properties (sensitivities, specificity, accuracy, predictive value, etc.). Second, although the use of DNA chip helps provide diagnosis on multiple foci at a single time it can increase the error in the diagnosis. [2] Finally, I would like to conclude that the complete data on the properties as well as cost effectiveness of the DNA-chip approach is still required before implementation of this test for routine usage.

 
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Basu S, Sharma S, Kar S, Das T. DNA chip-assisted diagnosis of a previously unknown etiology of intermediate uveitis-Toxoplasma gondii. Indian J Ophthalmol 2010;58:535-7.  Back to cited text no. 1
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Pounds SB. Estimation and control of multiple testing error rates for microarray studies. Brief Bioinform 2006;7:25-36.  Back to cited text no. 2
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