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K. Abeywardana

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Review Open access Oct 2026

The impact of non-indicated CSF testing on the true detection rate of viral encephalitis: A single-centre retrospective study

Introduction: Timely and accurate diagnosis is required for viral encephalitis, which can result in devastating consequences. However, inappropriate ordering of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tests risks artificially lowering the documented positivity rates of viral encephalitis. Our study aimed to evaluate the ordering pat...

K. Abeywardana, L. U. A. Priyanganie, K. M. I. Susantha · Sri Lankan Journal of Infect... · 0 citations

Open access Aug 2026

Clinical evaluation of an in-house probe-based real-time PCR assay for early diagnosis of leptospirosis compared with Microscopic Agglutination Test

An in-house real-time PCR assay targeting lipL32 gene of pathogenic Leptospira species was developed and validated with known DNA extracts and successfully detected Leptospira DNA positive controls and two clinical samples.

Kahnk Arachchi, H. Peiris, D. Piyasiri et al. · Galle Medical Journal · 0 citations