Evaluation of Brucella dipstick assay for the diagnosis of acute brucellosis

The diagnostic value of the dipstick assay was evaluated by comparison with Rose Bengal (RB), serum aglutination tests (SAT) and 2 mercaptoethanol test (2-ME) on consecutive serum samples submitted because of suspicion of brucellosis. Serum samples of 232 patients with suspected brucellosis that were submitted for laboratory confirmation were included in the study. Twelve out of 232 serum samples were detected as positive with the dipstick assay. All of these 12 patients had positive RB and SAT results. In 16 RB positive samples dipstick test was negative. Fifteen of these samples had insignificant (titer<1/160) or borderline (titer 1/160) SAT results and the clinical symptoms of these patients were consistent with chronic brucellosis rather than acute or recent-onset brucellosis. Dipstick assay is an easy-to-perform assay that can be used for the diagnosis of acute brucellosis especially in rural areas where brucellosis is widespread and in settings where well-equipped laboratories are not available.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2002

Erschienen:

2002

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 44(2002), 3 vom: 19. Nov., Seite 241-3

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Altuglu, Imre [VerfasserIn]
Zeytinoğlu, Aysin [VerfasserIn]
Bilgic, Altinay [VerfasserIn]
Kamcioglu, Saniye [VerfasserIn]
Karakartal, Guney [VerfasserIn]
Smits, Henk [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

1ZPG1ELY14
60-24-2
Antibodies, Bacterial
Comparative Study
Immunoglobulin M
Journal Article
Mercaptoethanol
Reagent Strips
Rose Bengal

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.03.2003

Date Revised 06.09.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM12276840X