| Revista: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000290943 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Autores: | Marques, Fabiana Rangel1 Cardoso, Luciana Ventura1 Cavasini, Carlos Eugenio1 Almeida, Magali Carmem de2 Bassi, Nair Aparecida2 Almeida, Margarete Teresa Gottardo de1 Rossit, Andrea Regina Baptista1 Machado, Ricardo Luiz Dantas1 |
| Instituciones: | 1Centro de Investigacao de Microorganismos, Departamento de Doencas Dermatologicas, Infecciosas e Parasitarias, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Central Laboratory, Hospital de Base Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Año: | 2005 |
| Periodo: | Feb |
| Volumen: | 9 |
| Número: | 1 |
| Paginación: | 3-5 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Experimental |
| Resumen en inglés | We evaluated the diagnostic performance of a Cryptosporidium immunoenzymatic assay (ELISA). Fecal samples were collected from 94 HIV-seropositive patients. All specimens were processed with a commercially-available ELISA to detect C. parvum specific coproantigen and with a modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain (ZNm) microscope exam. Overall, sensitivity of the immunoenzymatic test was 100%, with a specificity of 96%; positive and negative predictive values were 89% and 100%, respectively. The commercial ELISA and ZNm proved to be valuable diagnostic tools for Cryptosporidium infection |
| Disciplinas: | Biología, Química, Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Inmunología, Parasitología, Protozoarios, Bioquímica, Diagnóstico, SIDA, Cryptosporidium |
| Keyword: | Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Immunology, Parasitology, Protozoa, Biochemistry, Diagnosis, Protozoans, AIDS, Cryptosporidium |
| Texto completo: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
