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Abstract
A slide latex agglutination (SLA) assay was developed for rapid screening for Clostridium perfringens type A enterotoxin (CPE). SLA specifically detected CPE added to buffer or normal feces (sensitivity limit of 1 microgram CPE/g feces). Using clinical fecal samples from C. perfringens food poisoning cases, a strong correlation was shown between SLA results and results from other CPE assays and between SLA results and illness status.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2885377 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(87)90181-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Immunol Methods ISSN: 0022-1759 Impact factor: 2.303