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Evaluation of the phadebact gonococcus test, a coagglutination procedure for confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 11 ·No. 2 ·1980-02-00 ·Pages 153-6

Lewis JS, Martin JE

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 species or with 50 miscellaneous organisms occasionally found growing on selective culture media. Because of its high sensitivity and specificity, ease of performance, and ability to provide results in 2 to 3 min, this procedure provides a suitable alternative to the carbohydrate utilization and fluorescent-antibody tests for confirmation of N. gonorrhoeae.

MeSH Terms
Agglutination Tests Antigens, Bacterial Bacteriological Techniques Carbohydrate Metabolism Fluorescent Antibody Technique Neisseria gonorrhoeae/classification,immunology
Chemicals
Antigens, Bacterial
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Lewis J S
Martin J E
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.11.2.153-156.1980
Published
1980-02-00
Pages
153-6
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC273343
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.11.2.153-156.1980 PMC Full Text View journal details
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