Effectiveness of latex agglutination slide test in the diagnosis of imported invasive amoebiasis in the emergency department

Sébastien Larréché; Christine Bigaillon; Cécile Ficko; Aurore Bousquet; Frédéric Janvier; Carine Garcia; Nancy Sanmartin; Audrey Mérens; Christophe Rapp

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.09.002

Effectiveness of latex agglutination slide test in the diagnosis of imported invasive amoebiasis in the emergency department

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Dec;77(4):335-6. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.09.002. Epub 2013 Oct 11.

Authors

Sébastien Larréché¹, Christine Bigaillon, Cécile Ficko, Aurore Bousquet, Frédéric Janvier, Carine Garcia, Nancy Sanmartin, Audrey Mérens, Christophe Rapp

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale, HIA Bégin, Saint-Mandé, France. Electronic address: slarreche@hotmail.fr.

PMID: 24125923
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.09.002

Abstract

We compared a latex agglutination test (LAT) with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and indirect hemagglutination assay in the diagnosis of invasive amoebiasis. A retrospective biological records review has included 639 patients for whom these three serological tests were performed. The sensitivity of the LAT was 97.8% and the specificity was 97%.

Keywords: Amoebiasis; Entamoeba histolytica; Latex agglutination; Rapid diagnostic test.

MeSH terms

Agglutination Tests / methods*
Amebiasis / diagnosis*
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Hemagglutination Tests
Humans
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity