Clinical application of a dot blot test for diagnosis of enteric fever dueto Salmonella enterica serovar typhi in patients with typhoid fever from Colombia and Peru

Authors
Cardona-Castro, N Gotuzzo, E Rodriguez, M Guerra, H
Citation
N. Cardona-castro et al., Clinical application of a dot blot test for diagnosis of enteric fever dueto Salmonella enterica serovar typhi in patients with typhoid fever from Colombia and Peru, CL DIAG LAB, 7(2), 2000, pp. 312
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology
Journal title
CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN journal
1071412X → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
1071-412X(200003)7:2<312:CAOADB>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Clinical application of a dot blot test to detect immunoglobulin G (IgG) (8 8% sensitivity and specificity) and IgM (12.1% sensitivity and 97% specific ity) against flagellar antigen from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi was p erformed in Peruvian and Colombian patients with typhoid fever. This test c an be used as a good predictor of serovar Typhi infection in regions lackin g laboratory facilities and in field studies.