Direct Immunofluorescence
Direct Immunofluorescence Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus among Egyptian Infants under Two Years of Age with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
... In conclusion, Diagnosis of RSV infection by direct immunofluorescence is fast, easy and suitable for screening large numbers. Our results revealed that RSV is an important cause of LRTI in infants ...
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Evaluation the role of direct immunofluorescence techniques and their relevance to the diagnosis of the blistering diseases
... It is this simple feat which has led us to try and validate such situation. We wanted to find out how reliable is the clinical and histological way of diagnosing those conditions by comparing the clinico-pathological ...
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Comparison of slide agglutination test and direct immunofluorescence assay for identification of Legionella isolates
... With polyvalent, pooled antisera and absorbed, serogroupspecific antisera, the slide agglutination test is a useful alternative to the direct immunofluorescence assay in the diagnosis of[r] ...
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Diagnostic utility of BINAX NOW RSV – an evaluation of the diagnostic performance of BINAX NOW RSV in comparison with cell culture and direct immunofluorescence
... In a similar evaluation conducted by Mackie PL et al[8], on the use of NOW RSV as a point of care test (POCT) for the diagnosis of RSV, sensitivity and specificity values of 87% and 94% respectively were obtained when ...
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Direct immunofluorescence study of 25 cases of subepidermal blisters.
... The immunobullous disorders are a group of autoimmune diseases in which components of the epidermis and basement membrane zone are the focus of attack, resulting in the formation of cutaneous and mucosal blisters. The ...
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Comparison of direct immunofluorescence of oral mucosa and plucked hair in pemphigus
... OF DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE OF ORAL MUCOSA AND PLUCKED HAIR IN PATIENTS WITH PEMPHIGUS” was prepared by me under the direct guidance and supervision of ...
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A retrospective study of clinical, histopathological and direct immunofluorescence spectrum of immunobullous Disorders
... Both the patients of LAD showed linear deposition of IgA along the basement membrane zone ( BMZ ). Subepidermal split was seen in both the cases of EBA. LPP in both the cases showed a linear deposition of IgG and C3 at ...
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Diagnosis of Gastric Syphilis by Direct Immunofluorescence Staining and Real Time PCR Testing
... Warthin-Starry silver stain is capable of demonstrating spi- rochetes and confirming the diagnosis. However, the certainty of detecting spirochetal organisms can sometimes be compro- mised by an abundance of elastic and ...
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Direct Immunofluorescence in Immunobullous disorders of skin with histopathological correlation.
... The utility of DIF in the diagnosis of immunobullous lesions is unquestionable. However, in resource poor settings such as India, it is not economically feasible to perform immunofluorescence studies on all ...
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Nosocomial Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in an Intensive Care Nursery: Rapid Diagnosis by Direct Immunofluorescence
... A nosocomial outbreak of respiratory syn- cytial virus infections involved 8 of 17 infants in an Intensive Care Nursery and one additional infant in the adjoining Newborn Nursery.. Immun[r] ...
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The use of direct immunofluorescence and nested polymerase chain reaction in diagnosing perinatal infections of Chlamydia trachomatis
... a direct immuno- fluorescence test (DIF) – Chlamydia Pathfinder (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Marnes-la-Coquette, France) and the nest- ed polymerase chain reaction technique (nested-PCR) – PCR-Chlamydia trachomatis test ...
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Comparison of viral isolation, direct immunofluorescence, and indirect immunoperoxidase techniques for detection of genital herpes simplex virus infection
... HSV was isolated from genital ulcers from 18 techniques, despite a negative VI; three women 82% of 22 persons having their first episode of each had a cervical specimen that was positive[r] ...
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Direct immunofluorescence staining for detection of herpes simplex and varicella zoster virus antigens in vesicular lesions and certain tissue specimens
... Specificity of positive IF reactions for HSV or VZV in the absence of virus isolation was supported by the facts that i staining was obtained with only a single, presumably homologous, i[r] ...
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Revaluing the Tzanck Test: A Comparative Study with Direct Immunofluorescence for Herpes Virus
... This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Authors AR and AA designed the study, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author JR managed the literature searches and the ...
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Rapid diagnosis of influenza A infection by direct immunofluorescence of nasopharyngeal aspirates in adults
... Nasopharyngeal aspirates collected from 25 patients during an outbreak of influenza were examined for viral antigen with the conjugate and inoculated onto monkey kidney MK cells for viru[r] ...
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Direct Immunofluorescence in Behçet's Disease: A Controlled Study with 108 Cases
... Materials and Methods: The skin samples of 108 BD patients 28 perilesional skin, 44 positive pathergy test site, 22 negative pathergy test site, 14 normal skin were examined for the depo[r] ...
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Serogroups of Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli, and Campylobacter fetus defined by direct immunofluorescence
... As this study progressed, more and more Among the 258 groupable strains, there were 173 conjugates were prepared and added to the test single-serogroup strains that belonged to 1 of 12 p[r] ...
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Vol 28, No 3 (2018)
... Direct immunofluorescence of the perilesional skin demonstrates intercellular deposition of IgG with or without C3 in the epidermis. But this requires expensive and sophisticated equipment and specific ...
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Diagnosis of herpes simplex virus infection in a clinical setting by a direct antigen detection enzyme immunoassay kit
... Diagnosis of herpes simplex virus by direct immunofluorescence and viral isolation from samples of external genital lesions in a high-prevalence population.. Rapid herpes simplex virus d[r] ...
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Etiologic spectrum and occurrence of coinfections in children hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia
... Abbreviations ADV: Adenovirus; BAL: Bronchoalveolar; CAP: Community acquired pneumonia; DFA: Direct immunofluorescence assay; hMPV: Human metapneumovirus; HRV: Human rhinoviruses; IVA: I[r] ...
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