1. Multicenter Evaluation of an ELISA for the Detection of Cryptosporidium spp. Antigen in Clinical Human Stool Samples.
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Razakandrainibe, Romy, Mérat, Célia, Kapel, Nathalie, Sautour, Marc, Guyot, Karine, Gargala, Gilles, Ballet, Jean-Jacques, Le Pape, Patrice, Dalle, Frédéric, Favennec, Loïc, and Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos
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CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ,ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay ,IMMUNOASSAY ,HELICOBACTER pylori infections ,ANTIGENS ,CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS ,FECES - Abstract
Human cryptosporidiosis remains underdiagnosed, and rapid/accurate diagnosis is of clinical importance. Diagnosis of the Cryptosporidium oocyst in stool samples by conventional microscopy is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and requires skillful experience. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the usefulness of a coproantigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test in detecting Cryptosporidium spp. from fecal specimens. For this aim, we evaluated the performances of a commercial ELISA (CoproELISA Cryptosporidium kit, Savyon Diagnostics, Israel) for the detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in random clinical stool samples through a multicenter study. The sensitivity and specificity for coproantigen ELISA were 98.86% and 94.32%, respectively. The coproantigen ELISA results indicate that the simple, rapid, reliable, and standardized immunoassay test is sensitive and specific for routine diagnosis, and may be useful for large-scale epidemiological studies of cryptosporidiosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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