The phrase "a presumed case of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation or condition that is believed to be true based on available evidence, but not yet confirmed.
Example: "The doctor diagnosed her with a presumed case of influenza, pending further tests to confirm the diagnosis."
Alternatives: "an assumed case of" or "a suspected case of".
Thus, it was decided to extend the study to all presumed cases of shark attacks that were mentioned, and to systematically visit at home the victims or their families in order to confirm the responsibility of a shark, and to obtain additional information on the circumstances of the attack and the nature of injuries.
However, our sensitivity PCR is higher than that reported by Gaudio et al. [14] and Vengayil et al. [12] whose sensitivities of PCR assays in presumed cases of fungal corneal ulcers were reported as 50% and 70%, respectively.
The study included both confirmed and presumed cases of severe maternal GBS sepsis.
Of these, 7 were confirmed cases of severe maternal GBS sepsis and 23 were presumed cases of severe maternal GBS sepsis.
During the epidemic (July 20 September 20 , 2009, acute respiratory infections, including presumed cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, accounted for 20.6% of the total case load of physicians on the island.
The validity of our identification of presumed cases of endemic mycoses by using ICD-9 codes in claims data are uncertain.
We included both confirmed and presumed cases of severe maternal GBS sepsis since in the previous studies almost 50% of cases of severe sepsis had no definitive causal organism identified from sterile site culture.
More recently, a presumed additional case of vCJD infection was reported in the United Kingdom in a hemophilic patient who had received fractionated plasma products, including some units linked to a donor who had vCJD diagnosed with vCJD (7 ).
This perspective contends that at "the heart of the controversy" is the presumed case-fatality rate of H5N1.
In Dar es Salam (Tanzania) 5.2% of presumed cases were confirmed positive at health care centres.
