Evaluation of the phadebact gonococcus test, a coagglutination procedure for confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 11 (2) , 153-156
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.11.2.153-156.1980
Abstract
Rapid and accurate immunological confirmation of presumptively positive gonococci could be facilitated with the Phadebact Gonococcus Test, a slide coagglutination procedure. The test was compared with carbohydrate utilization and fluorescent-antibody tests on 235 clinical isolates. With the coagglutination procedure, 97.1% of the isolates were identified as compared with 93.1% by carbohydrate utilization and 98.7% by fluorescent antibody. The Phadebact test was highly specific, showing no cross-reactions with 55 other Neisseria spp., or with 50 miscellaneous organisms [bacteria] occasionally found growing on selective culture media. Because of its high sensitivity and specificity, ease of performance and ability to provide results in 2-3 min, this procedure provides a suitable alternative to the carbohydrate utilization and fluorescent-antibody tests for confirmation of N. gonorrhoeae.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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