Latex agglutination test (LAT)
Bacteriophage Based Latex Agglutination Test for Rapid Identification of Staphylococcus aureus
... streptavidin latex beads to develop a latex agglutination test ...bacteriophage-based test was compared with that of a conventional LAT, Pastorex Staph- Plus, by investigating a ...
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Effects of Pretreating Serum Samples on the Performance of a Latex Agglutination Test for Serodiagnosis of Paracoccidioidomycosis
... double-immunodiffusion test (ID) is the “gold standard” test for serology in PCM, although the execution of this test re- quires the availability of laboratorial ...a latex ...
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Evaluation of smooth lipopolysaccharide based latex agglutination test in serodiagnosis of brucellosis
... Plate Test (RBPT) was commonly used for the screening of ...based latex agglutination test (LAT) and compared with RBPT to evaluate the diagnostic potential of this purified sLPS ...
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Comparison of the latex agglutination test with the hemagglutination inhibition test, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, and neutralization test for detection of antibodies to rubella virus
... Comparison of the Latex Agglutination Test with the Hemagglutination Inhibition Test, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, and Neutralization Test for Detection of Antibodies to Rubella Vi[r] ...
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Detection of rotavirus in sewage and drinking water by Latex agglutination test
... The water samples for the present study were collected from sewage and suspected contaminated water sources. The number of samples for present study comprised of n=240 (n= 120 sewage water, n= 120 contaminated drinking ...
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Simple, Rapid Latex Agglutination Test for Serotyping of Pneumococci (Pneumotest Latex)
... reaction test (Neufeld test) with antisera against the 90 pneumococcal polysaccharide capsules, ...simple latex agglutination test for serotyping of pneumococci has been ...to ...
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Development and Evaluation of a Rapid Latex Agglutination Test Using a Monoclonal Antibody To Identify Candida dubliniensis Colonies
... dium, and (ii) colonies of C. dubliniensis do not fluoresce on methyl blue-Sabouraud agar under Wood’s light (27); how- ever, these two methods are not reproducible after subculture and storage (31). (iii) Unlike Candida ...
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Assessment of Recombinant A2-Latex Agglutination Test (RA2-LAT) and RA2-ELISA for Detection of Canine Visceral Leishman-iasis: A Comparative Field Study with Direct Agglutination Test in Northwestern Iran
... rA2- LAT was developed for the first time to detect visceral antibodies from dog ...with latex using samples collected from sympto- matic and asymptomatic dogs indicated that the sensitivity of the ...
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Evaluation of different methods for rapid diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis patients at tertiary care hospital
... 14,15 Latex agglutination test (LAT) is the most commonly used serological method due Detection of cryptococcal capsular antigen has sensitive and specific of 83% to 97% and ...
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Serological study of toxoplasmosis spread among unmarried female university students using LAT, ELISA and IgG avidity Muna Turky AL- Mossawei|Hind Majeed AL- Mossawei| Khitam Yahya AL-Dujaily
... by Latex agglutination test (LAT). Among 76 LAT sera positive ,only 58 (29%) serum samples were positive with toxoplasma IgG ELISA test , however , the results of IgM ELISA assay ...
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Detection of Rocky Mountain spotted fever antibodies by a latex agglutination test
... The test was evaluated with a total of 123 single and 118 paired human sera submitted for Rocky Mountain spotted fever testing.. This test is simple, sensitive, and specific.[r] ...
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Development of slide agglutination method for detection of Nosema mylitta in tasar silkworm using polyclonal antibody produced against proteins of pebrine spores
... Serological methods are being employed in the detection of pathogens. Some insights about the spore wall proteins of Nosema bombycis has been provided by Wu et al. (2008). Some efforts have been done to detection of ...
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Evaluation of a latex agglutination test for Clostridium difficile in two nursing home outbreaks
... Compared with the cytotoxin assay of stool samples from the outbreak ward, the CDT sensitivity was 92%, the specificity was 89%, and the positive predictive value PPV; calculated as PPV [r] ...
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Development and Evaluation of a Latex Agglutination Test for the Serodiagnosis of Paracoccidioidomycosis
... (ID) test is the most commonly used and presents sensitivity values that vary from 80 to 95% ...a test could contribute to the diagnosis and the screening of PCM, mainly in hospital and public health ...
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Rapid diagnosis of rotavirus gastroenteritis by a commercial latex agglutination test
... We followed up 20 patients whose initial stool specimens were positive for rotavirus by all three tests but negative for bacterial pathogens or adenovirus to evaluate the performance of [r] ...
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Rapid Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Blood Cultures by a Monoclonal Antibody Assay
... new agglutination pro- cedure with this MAb assay can be carried out before growing the bacteria on the primary ...and agglutination test could speed up the identification of the bacterium by at ...
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Evaluation of latex Rickettsia rickettsii test for Rocky Mountain spotted fever in 11 laboratories
... Rocky Mountain spotted fever: first-year evaluation of a latex agglutination test for antibody to Rickettsia rickettsii, p.. Anacker ed., Rickettsiae and rickettsial diseases.[r] ...
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Streptococcus agalactiae in Brazil: serotype distribution, virulence determinants and antimicrobial susceptibility
... Serological grouping was performed using a commercial latex agglutination test, according to the manufacturer's Table 1 Serotype distribution of the 185 Streptococcus agalactiae isolates[r] ...
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Role of stool screening tests in diagnosis of inflammatory bacterial enteritis and in selection of specimens likely to yield invasive enteric pathogens
... Campyslide latex agglutination test (Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems), spiral motility in a direct wet mount, a positive test for oxidase production, and appropriate Gram stain mor- ...
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Comparison of commercial kits for detection of cryptococcal antigen
... Therefore, we compared the sensitivities and specificities of five commercially available kits for detecting cryptococcal antigen four latex agglutination test kits-Calas [Meridian Diagn[r] ...
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