| Autor: |
Miyuki, Arai, Isao, Manome, Masanari, Ikedo, Momoko, Fujisaki, Kazuhiro, Tateda, Keizo, Yamaguchi |
| Rok vydání: |
2005 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Rinsho Biseibutsu Jinsoku Shindan Kenkyukai shi = JARMAM : Journal of the Association for Rapid Method and Automation in Microbiology. 16(1) |
| ISSN: |
0915-1753 |
| Popis: |
Dipstick 'Eiken' Legionella is a reagent for detection of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen in urine using the immunochromatographical method. The reagent was evaluated using the reference and clinical isolated strains and clinical specimens. BinaxNOW Legionella and Legionella antigen [Mitsubishi] were evaluated simultaneously. Using four of L. pneumophila serogroup 1 strains, the minimal detectable concentration of Dipstick 'Eiken' Legionella was 5.0 x 10(4) to 2.0 x 10(5) colony forming unit/ml, it was approximate four times high in comparison with other two kits. And no positive reaction was obtained from 45 of non-L. pneumophila serogroup 1 strains. When Dipstick 'Eiken' Legionella was compared with BinaxNOW Legionella among 50 urine samples obtained from patients with pneumonia and 50 urine from healthy adults, the sensitivity was 94.7%, the specificity was 100.0% and the agreement was 99.0%. Dipstick 'Eiken' Legionella is found to be useful diagnostic reagent for Legionella infection in clinical laboratories. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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