Large-scale clinical validation of a lateral flow immunoassay for detection of cryptococcal antigen in serum and cerebrospinal fluid specimens

We compared a lateral flow immunoassay (LFA) to a currently used enzyme immunoassay for detection of cryptococcal antigen in 396 sera and 651 cerebrospinal fluid specimens. We found 97% concordance between the 2 assays. The LFA detected an additional 22 positives. Overall, the LFA had sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 99.6% for the diagnosis of cryptococcosis. The LFA is rapid, accurate, and easy to perform, and it is suitable for routine patient care testing..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:82

Enthalten in:

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 82(2015), 1, Seite 54

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Suwantarat, Nuntra [VerfasserIn]
Dalton, Justin B [Sonstige Person]
Lee, Richard [Sonstige Person]
Green, Rachel [Sonstige Person]
Memon, Warda [Sonstige Person]
Carroll, Karen C [Sonstige Person]
Riedel, Stefan [Sonstige Person]
Zhang, Sean X [Sonstige Person]

Links:

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

BKL:

44.00

Themen:

Antigens, Fungal - blood
Antigens, Fungal - cerebrospinal fluid
Cerebrospinal Fluid - chemistry
Cryptococcosis - diagnosis
Diagnostic Tests, Routine - methods
Immunochromatography - methods
Immunoenzyme Techniques - methods
Serum - chemistry

doi:

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.01.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1956558187