Evaluation of three simple and rapid immunological tests for detection of heat-labile enterotoxin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.
AUTOR(ES)
Sen, D
RESUMO
Three simple immunological tests, the modified Elek (Biken) test, the modified staphylococcal coagglutination test, and the rapid GM1-horseradish peroxidase-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay have been evaluated for detection of heat-labile enterotoxin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. Of the 100 coded E. coli strains tested, 94 gave consistent results with all the three immunological tests; a discrepancy was observed in only 6 strains. Identical results were obtained when the Biken test was conducted with complete and incomplete Biken kits (Meguro Institute Ltd., Osaka, Japan). All three immunological tests evaluated in this study were found to be sensitive and simple and can be easily adopted by any laboratory for detection of heat-labile enterotoxins of enterotoxigenic E. coli strains.
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