AIM: To compare the use of commercial monoclonal antibody test systems--the Giardia CEL IF test and the Crypto CEL IF test--for the detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum antigens in faeces with conventional techniques. METHODS: Sensitivity and specificity were evaluated using preparations of cysts of G lamblia and purified oocysts of C parvum. Evaluation of 59 random faecal samples passing through the Department of Clinical Parasitology, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, was carried out for both organisms. RESULTS: The fluorescence staining techniques proved more sensitive than other tests routinely used for diagnosis.
AIM: To compare the use of commercial monoclonal antibody test systems--the Giardia CEL IF test and the Crypto CEL IF test--for the detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum antigens in faeces with conventional techniques. METHODS: Sensitivity and specificity were evaluated using preparations of cysts of G lamblia and purified oocysts of C parvum. Evaluation of 59 random faecal samples passing through the Department of Clinical Parasitology, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, was carried out for both organisms. RESULTS: The fluorescence staining techniques proved more sensitive than other tests routinely used for diagnosis.
Authors: E B Hayes; T D Matte; T R O'Brien; T W McKinley; G S Logsdon; J B Rose; B L Ungar; D M Word; P F Pinsky; M L Cummings Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 1989-05-25 Impact factor: 91.245
Authors: R López-Vélez; R Tarazona; A Garcia Camacho; E Gomez-Mampaso; A Guerrero; V Moreira; R Villanueva Journal: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis Date: 1995-08 Impact factor: 3.267