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Raboni SM, Nogueira MB, Hakim VM, Torrecilha VTG, Lerner H, Tsuchiya LRV. Comparison of latex agglutination with enzyme immunoassay for detection of rotavirus in fecal specimens. Am J Clin Pathol 2002; 117:392-4. [PMID: 11892724 DOI: 10.1309/mur1-05a4-184q-qctr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Human rotaviruses are the most important etiologic agents of acquired diarrhea in infants and young children worldwide. Early diagnosis is essentialfor effective patient treatment. The latex agglutination (LA) assays for rotavirus diagnosis are rapid, inexpensive, and the most widely used to screen specimens. The performance of the LA Rotagen (Biokit S.A., Barcelona, Spain) was evaluated for rotavirus detection infecal samples of outpatients with acute gastroenteritis. This assay was compared with the enzyme immunoassay (EIA) EIARA (Bio-Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). From January to October 2000, 285 fecal specimens were analyzed. Forty-four samples (15.4%) were reactive, 214 (75.4%) were nonreactive, and 27 (9.5%) were indeterminate by LA. All LA-positive samples were positive by EIA, and 2 LA-negative samples were positive by EIA. Of specimens indeterminate by LA, 67% were positive by EIA. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of LA were 69%, 100%, and 93%, respectively. These results indicate that assay is as sensitive and specific as the EIA, and it could be applied on a large scale for screening stool specimens in suspected rotavirus diarrhea. However, the indeterminate results must be confirmed by other methods, such as EIA.
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- Sonia M Raboni
- Laboratory of Virology, Clinical Hospital of Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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Eing BR, May G, Baumeister HG, Kühn JE. Evaluation of two enzyme immunoassays for detection of human rotaviruses in fecal specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:4532-4. [PMID: 11724877 PMCID: PMC88581 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.12.4532-4534.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The two assays evaluated in this study (the Ridascreen rotavirus and the Pathfinder rotavirus) exhibited comparable sensitivities (100%) but highly divergent positive predictive values (93.74 and 57.7%, respectively) when compared on 393 specimens. This difference should be considered when using these tests on collectives with an unknown or low prevalence.
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- B R Eing
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Clinical Virology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
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- S S Biel
- Analytical Microscopy, Beiersdorf AG, Unnastrasse 48, D-20245, Hamburg, Germany.
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Biel SS, Gelderblom HR. Diagnostic electron microscopy is still a timely and rewarding method. J Clin Virol 1999; 13:105-19. [PMID: 10405897 PMCID: PMC7128371 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6532(99)00027-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/1999] [Accepted: 03/09/1999] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND Parallel to its technical development starting in the 1930s, electron microscopy (EM) became an important tool in basic and clinical virology. First utilized in the rapid diagnosis of smallpox, it developed to a diagnostic routine in the early 1960s using the negative staining technique. EM was applied to infected cell-cultures and also to 'dirty' specimens including urine, feces, vesicle fluid, liquor. With the implementation of molecular biological and genetic techniques, the use of diagnostic EM decreased. OBJECTIVES (1) To give a perspective on future indications and possible uses by discussing the past and the present of diagnostic EM, (2) To describe the system of External Quality Assessment on EM virus diagnosis (EQA-EMV) established in 1994 by our laboratory and its achievements. STUDY DESIGN EQA-EMV is run to evaluate, to confirm and to improve the quality of diagnostic EM. Two different types of specimen are sent out: (1) prepared grids to assess and train the diagnostic skills of the participants, (2) stabilized virus particle suspensions to assess preparation efficiency. RESULTS Diagnostic EM differs from other diagnostic tests in its rapidity and its undirected 'open view'. To emphasize these advantages, the indications for diagnostic EM are discussed, fundamental for a continuing future adaptation. Besides appropriate techniques, quality control measures are required to achieve and keep high diagnostic standards. The results from 6 years of EQA-EMV are presented. CONCLUSIONS In the history of diagnostic EM in virology, a change in use has been seen. Starting in the 1990s and coincident with the broad introduction of 'modern' diagnostic techniques, the number of EM diagnostic labs has decreased considerably--in spite of the obvious advantages of this technique. To guarantee the continuing performance of diagnostic EM in the future. EQA runs have to be performed as with other techniques in the diagnostic armament. The growing number of participants and participating countries indicates an interest in as well as a need for this program.
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Key Words
- electron microscopy
- rapid viral diagnosis
- quality control
- external quality assessment
- em, electron microscope, electron microscopy
- eqa, external quality assessment scheme
- eqa-emv, external quality assessment scheme on em virus diagnosis
- ictv, international committee on the taxonomy of viruses
- iem, immune electron microscopy
- nat, nucleic acid amplification techniques
- spiem, solid phase immune electron microscopy
- srnsv, small round non-structured viruses
- srsv, small round structured viruses
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- Stefan S. Biel
- Robert Koch-Institut, Konsiliarlaboratorium für elektronenmikroskopische Erregerdiagnostik, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institut, Konsiliarlaboratorium für elektronenmikroskopische Erregerdiagnostik, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany
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Cumino AC, Giordano MO, Martínez LC, Medeot SI, Pavan JV, Yudowsky S, Isa MB, Depetris AR, Nates SV. Culture amplification in human colon adenocarcinoma cell line (CaCo-2) combined with an ELISA as a supplementary assay for accurate diagnosis of rotavirus. J Virol Methods 1998; 76:81-5. [PMID: 9923742 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0934(98)00125-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Culture amplification in colon adenocarcinoma cell line (CaCo-2) combined with enzyme immunoassay (Pathfinder ELISA) was developed as a supplementary tool for rotavirus diagnosis. One hundred and thirty stools in which results by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) were in agreement with those obtained by ELISA were amplified in the CaCo-2 cell line. After the first passage 100% specimens were revealed as positive by ELISA. This result was confirmed by PAGE and direct electron microscopy (EM) which increased the rates of rotavirus detection up to 100% after the third and fifth cell passages, respectively. All of the amplified negative stools were confirmed as negative. Among discordant results, three of the eight specimens positive by ELISA but negative by PAGE were confirmed as true positive after the third cell passage. False positive ELISA results could be discarded when the samples were culture amplified and retested by the same ELISA. Using the CaCo-2 amplification-ELISA as supplementary assay, sensitivity and specificity were 1.000 and 0.953 for ELISA and 0.917 and 1.000 for PAGE, respectively. The combined CaCo-2 cell line amplification-immunoassay method proved to be suitable both to evaluate increase in sensitivity of newly developed rotavirus assays and for rotaviral amplification before antigen assays.
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- A C Cumino
- Instituto de Virología Dr. J.M. Vanella, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Argentina
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Giordano MO, Basnec SN, Nates SV, Bennun F, Depetris AR. Rapid techniques for diagnostic and epidemiological studies of rotavirus infection. J Virol Methods 1991; 35:59-63. [PMID: 1666113 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(91)90085-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Two rapid procedures modifying the polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) standard technique for the diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus infections are described. These assays permit the detection of both group A and non-group-A rotaviruses, and can be employed in most microbiology laboratories. The cost per sample is minimal compared with that of enzyme immune assays (ELISA) or the agglutination tests available commercially.
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- M O Giordano
- Instituto de Virologia Dr. J.M. Vanella, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Argentina
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Steele AD. Diagnosis of rotavirus infection. J Clin Microbiol 1989; 27:593-4. [PMID: 2715332 PMCID: PMC267371 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.27.3.593-594.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Olive DM, Sethi SK. Detection of human rotavirus by using an alkaline phosphatase-conjugated synthetic DNA probe in comparison with enzyme-linked immunoassay and polyacrylamide gel analysis. J Clin Microbiol 1989; 27:53-7. [PMID: 2536392 PMCID: PMC267231 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.27.1.53-57.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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An alkaline phosphatase-conjugated synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotide probe was compared with polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) detection of rotavirus RNA as well as an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of rotavirus in stools from young children with gastroenteritis. The synthetic probe did not cross-react with bacterial causative agents of diarrheal disease. Extraction of viral RNA from stool samples with a phenol-chloroform mixture was suitable for most samples. In some cases fecal pigments interfered with the reaction of the probe with viral RNA. The use of ion-exchange chromatography to further purify viral RNA removed contaminating pigments and increased the sensitivity of the probe assay. Of 260 stool specimens, 77 (30%) were positive for rotavirus when tested by PAGE analysis of rotavirus RNA. The synthetic probe identified 71 rotavirus specimens when RNA obtained by phenol-chloroform extraction followed by chromatographic purification was used (sensitivity, 91.0%; specificity, 96.7%). The ELISA results also agreed well with the electrophoretic analysis (sensitivity, 98.7%; specificity 94%) and the probe assay (sensitivity, 90%; specificity, 100%). Discordant results between the ELISA and the probe assay were examined further by electron microscopy and PAGE analysis of viral RNA. The positive and negative predictive values of the probe assay in comparison with PAGE were 92.2 and 96.1%, respectively. Rotaviruses showing both long and short RNA electrophoretic patterns were detected by the probe. The probe assay coupled with chromatographic purification of rotavirus RNA is an effective method for detecting rotavirus and compares favorably with PAGE analysis and ELISA.
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- D M Olive
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University
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During the last 15 years, several different groups of fastidious viruses that are responsible for a large proportion of acute viral gastroenteritis cases have been discovered by the electron microscopic examination of stool specimens. This disease is one of the most prevalent and serious clinical syndromes seen around the world, especially in children. Rotaviruses, in the family Reoviridae, and fastidious fecal adenoviruses account for much of the viral gastroenteritis in infants and young children, whereas the small caliciviruses and unclassified astroviruses, and possibly enteric coronaviruses, are responsible for significantly fewer cases overall. In addition to electron microscopy, enzyme immunoassays and other rapid antigen detection systems have been developed to detect rotaviruses and fastidious fecal adenoviruses in the stool specimens of both nonhospitalized patients and those hospitalized for dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. Experimental rotavirus vaccines have also been developed, due to the prevalence and seriousness of rotavirus infection. The small, unclassified Norwalk virus and morphologically similar viruses are responsible for large and small outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis in older children, adolescents, and adults. Hospitalization of older patients infected with these viruses is usually not required, and their laboratory diagnoses have been limited primarily to research laboratories.
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- M L Christensen
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Pacini DL, Brady MT, Budde CT, Connell MJ, Hamparian VV, Hughes JH. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of RNA compared with polyclonal- and monoclonal-antibody-based enzyme immunoassays for rotavirus. J Clin Microbiol 1988; 26:194-7. [PMID: 2830303 PMCID: PMC266250 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.26.2.194-197.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) of rotaviral RNA, a sensitive and highly specific test for detecting rotavirus in stool, was compared with two commercially available enzyme immunoassays (EIAs), monoclonal (Pathfinder) and polyclonal (Rotazyme II). Stool samples from 204 children with nosocomial diarrhea were tested for rotavirus by both EIAs and by PAGE of RNA extracted from raw stools or 10% stool suspensions. Samples which tested positive by either EIA but were negative by PAGE were subjected to blocking EIA with rabbit or goat anti-SA11. Rotavirus was detected by PAGE and Pathfinder in 62 stools, but only 47 of these were positive by Rotazyme II. Blocking assays of EIA-positive, PAGE-negative samples suggested the presence of rotavirus in four additional stools. Sensitivity and specificity measured against PAGE and blocking assays were: Pathfinder, 0.985 and 0.934; and Rotazyme II, 0.731 and 0.927, respectively. False-positive rates were 0.134 for Pathfinder and 0.149 for Rotazyme II. The specificity and rate of false-positive results of Pathfinder were improved by using an adjusted optical density cutoff 4.36 times greater than that recommended by the manufacturer (specificity, 0.993; sensitivity, 0.985; false-positive rate, 0.015).
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- D L Pacini
- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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Gilchrist MJ, Bretl TS, Moultney K, Knowlton DR, Ward RL. Comparison of seven kits for detection of rotavirus in fecal specimens with a sensitive, specific enzyme immunoassay. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 1987; 8:221-8. [PMID: 2835201 DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(87)90053-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A sensitive, specific enzyme immunoassay (SSEIA) was compared to four commercial, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits and three latex agglutination assay (LAA) kits: (1) Rotavirus EIA, International Diagnostic Laboratories (IDL), (2) Pathfinder, Kallestadt (KAL), (3) Rotavirus Bio-EnzaBead, Litton (LIT), (4) Rotazyme II, Abbott (RTZII), (5) Slidex Rota-Kit, bioMerieux (SRK), (6) Meritec-Rotavirus, Meridian (MER), and (7) Rotalex, Medical Technology Corporation (RLX). The SSEIA was chosen as the reference method due to its greater sensitivity in comparison to immunoelectron microscopy and polyacrylamide gel electrophoreses of viral RNA segments. Upon evaluation of 136 specimens (of which 44 were positive by SSEIA), the ELISA kits (LIT, KAL, IDL, and RTZII) had sensitivities of 80%, 98%, 91% and 84%; specificities of 95%, 78%, 100%, and 88%; positive predictive values (PPV) of 88%, 68%, 100%, and 77%; and negative predictive values (NPV) of 91%, 99%, 96%, and 92%. When compared with SSEIA, the three LAA tests (SRK, MER, and RLX) had sensitivities of 73%, 75%, and 62%; specificities of 99%, 93%, and 95%; PPVs of 97%, 85%, and 84%; and NPVs of 88%, 89%, and 84%. LAA test results appeared to be reliable, if positive, but the sensitivities of these tests were less than those of the ELISA tests. The ELISA tests that employed specimen specific negative controls were superior in minimizing false positive reactions.
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- M J Gilchrist
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- E L Green
- Wolfson Unit/Department of Medical Protozoology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WCIE 7HT, UK
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Sanders RC, Campbell AD, Jenkins MF. Routine detection of human rotavirus by latex agglutination: comparison with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, electron microscopy and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. J Virol Methods 1986; 13:285-90. [PMID: 3018017 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(86)90053-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A commercially available latex agglutination test, RotaScreen (Mercia Diagnostics Ltd., West Byfleet, Surrey, U.K.) was evaluated for the detection of human rotaviruses in stool specimens. The results obtained were compared with those from 3 other routine assay systems used in this laboratory: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), electron microscopy (EM) and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) of viral ribonucleic acid. 400 stool samples were examined by the 4 assay systems under routine conditions. RotaScreen latex agglutination was found to be more sensitive than EM and PAGE, and highly specific for rotavirus antigens.
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Knisley CV, Bednarz-Prashad AJ, Pickering LK. Detection of rotavirus in stool specimens with monoclonal and polyclonal antibody-based assay systems. J Clin Microbiol 1986; 23:897-900. [PMID: 3519662 PMCID: PMC268745 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.23.5.897-900.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Accurate diagnosis of rotavirus is important in both clinical and research situations. A total of 100 stool specimens from children with diarrhea were tested for rotavirus by electron microscopy. These specimens were then coded and tested for rotavirus by four procedures: a monoclonal antibody-based enzyme immunoassay (EIA) (Pathfinder; Kallestad Laboratories, Inc., Austin, Tex.), two polyclonal antibody-based EIAs (Rotazyme II; Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill.; and an EIA performed with reagents from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. [NIH reagent EIA]), and a latex agglutination (LA) assay (Rotalex; Medical Technology Corp., Somerset, N.J.). The sensitivity of the monoclonal antibody EIA (95%) was superior to those of the polyclonal antibody EIAs (73% for Rotazyme II and 57% for the NIH reagent EIA) and the LA assay (61%). The specificity of the LA assay (98%) was slightly better than those of the other systems (88 to 96%). The positive and negative predictive values of the monoclonal antibody EIA (93 and 96%, respectively) were better than those of Rotazyme II (82 and 80%, respectively), the LA assay (96 and 76%, respectively), and the NIH reagent EIA (93 and 74%, respectively). The visual readings of the monoclonal antibody EIA correlated better with the spectrophotometric optical density readings than did the visual readings of the polyclonal antibody EIAs; however, the agreement of both with electron microscopy results was poor when 1+ or plus-minus readings were observed. The monoclonal antibody EIA is more sensitive and predictive than other rotavirus detection systems and second only to the LA assay in specificity in detecting rotavirus in stool specimens.
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Johnson TM, Skingle J, Gillett AP. Detection of rotavirus by latex agglutination. J Clin Pathol 1985; 38:1403-4. [PMID: 3001154 PMCID: PMC499503 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.38.12.1403-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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