Comparative evaluation of three commercial tests for detection of heterophile antibody in patients with infectious mononucleosis.
AUTOR(ES)
Tilton, R C
RESUMO
Infectious mononucleosis (IM) is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. Commonly used laboratory tests used for diagnosis of IM include a screening test based on the observation that horse erythrocytes are agglutinated by the Paul-Bunnell antibody found in the serum of patients with IM. This study evaluated two latex agglutination (LA) kits for IM, Monolatex (Wampole Laboratories) and Immunoscan-IM (American MicroScan) (formerly Monogen; Biokit, S.A.), and compared them with Monospot (Ortho Diagnostic Systems) results on 220 patient sera. Discrepancies in the three test results were resolved with complete Epstein-Barr virus antibody profiles. They indicated that any of the three kits tested can be successfully used as a screening test for IM. The advantage of the LA kits is that no differential absorption step is necessary. When discrepancies were resolved, sensitivity and specificity of both LA kits were greater than 93%.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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