The diagnosis is made on culture of the organism in lymph node aspirates, blood cultures or sputum cultures. Culture is hazardous and should only be carried out in specialised laboratories.
A rising titre may be seen on a bacterial agglutination test.
Annotations allow you to add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation. E.g. a website or number. This information will always show when you visit this page.