A rapid latex agglutination test for the detection of anti-cysticercus antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid(CSF)
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
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44(1): 57-58, Jan.-Feb. 2002. tab
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ABSTRACT
Simple and rapid latex-based diagnostic tests have been used for detecting specific antigens or antibodies in several diseases. In this article, we present the preliminary results obtained with a latex agglutination test (LAT) for diagnosing neurocysticercosis by detection of antibodies in CSF. A total of 43 CSF samples were assayed by the LAT 19 CSF samples from patients with neurocysticercosis and 24 CSF samples from patients with other neurologic disorders (neurosyphilis, n = 8; neurotoxoplasmosis, n = 3; viral meningitis, n = 4, chronic headache, n = 9). The LAT exhibited 89.5 percent sensitivity and 75 percent specificity. The use of LAT seems to be an additional approach for the screening of neurocysticercosis with advantage of simplicity and rapidity. Further studies could be performed using purified antigens and serum samples
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Testes de Fixação do Látex
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Anticorpos Anti-Helmínticos
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Neurocisticercose
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Cysticercus
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Animais
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR
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