scholarly journals Antibodies produced by dogs successfully challenged with live Leptospira spp. did not cross-react to Brucella antigen in a commercial rapid slide agglutination test that detects antibodies to Brucella canis

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-85
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Krecic
Keyword(s):  
Cross Reactivity ◽  
Agglutination Test ◽  
Slide Agglutination ◽  
Serologic Tests ◽  
Experimental Infections ◽  
Negative Results ◽  
Brucella Canis ◽  
Slide Agglutination Test ◽  
Leptospira Spp ◽  
Canine Brucellosis

Brucella canis is a cause of canine infertility and abortion. Veterinarians and veterinary laboratorians screen for antibodies to B. canis with serologic tests including a rapid slide agglutination test (RSAT; D-Tec CB, Zoetis, San Diego, CA). False-positive results are possible because of cross-reactivity to antibodies to some gram-negative bacteria. Cross-reactivity has been reported between antibodies of Brucella abortus and Leptospira spp. with serologic tests for bovine brucellosis; however, this has not been documented with serologic tests for canine brucellosis, to the author’s knowledge. The RSAT was evaluated with the sera from dogs experimentally challenged with 1 of 4 serovars of Leptospira spp.: L. kirschneri serovar Grippotyphosa, or L. interrogans serovars Canicola, Icterohaemorrhagiae, or Pomona. Experimental infections were confirmed through results of microscopic agglutination testing and/or lateral flow immunochromatography testing. The sera of 32 dogs collected at day 0 and days 7, 10, and 14 yielded negative results with the RSAT. Antibodies produced through experimental infections to these 4 serovars of Leptospira spp. did not cross-react with Brucella antigen with the RSAT; therefore, cross-reactivity of anti-leptospiral antibodies may not be of concern for B. canis rapid slide agglutination testing of dogs.

scholarly journals A slide agglutination test for the exclusion and diagnosis of typhoid fever

1939 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. M. Berger ◽  
G. Brecher
Keyword(s):  
Typhoid Fever ◽  
Positive Result ◽  
Agglutination Test ◽  
Serological Diagnosis ◽  
Agglutination Reaction ◽  
Negative Test ◽  
Slide Agglutination ◽  
Peculiar Behaviour ◽  
Slide Agglutination Test ◽  
Agglutination Method

A sensitive antigen suspension is described for use with a simple slide agglutination method which makes possible a serological diagnosis or exclusion of typhoid fever without recourse to a laboratory. The method has been tested on 414 sera sent to our laboratory; it detected all cases with a titre of 1: 80 or more, and most of those with a titre of 1: 40. The method was further tested on 130 clinically observed cases, in which it gave satisfactory results. The S. A. method gave a positive result with 98 out of 100 sera from patients with typhoid fever, whereas the classical Widal reaction gave a positive result with 68 of them only.The intensity and rapidity of the slide agglutination reaction provide a rough measure of the titre of a serum. A quick and distinct agglutination indicates a titre of 1: 80 or more and is diagnostic of typhoid fever. A slow and indistinct result is obtained when the titre of the serum is about 1: 40. A negative test indicates with great probablity that a diagnosis of typhoid fever may be excluded.We think the method succeeds because the nature of the suspension employed and the peculiar behaviour of slide agglutinations permit the detection of O agglutinins as well as H agglutinins.

Utilization of a real-time PCR approach for Haemophilus influenzae serotype determination as an alternative to the slide agglutination test

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Wroblewski ◽  
Tanya A. Halse ◽  
Jill Hayes ◽  
Donna Kohlerschmidt ◽  
Kimberlee A. Musser
Keyword(s):  
Haemophilus Influenzae ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Real Time Pcr ◽  
Agglutination Test ◽  
Slide Agglutination ◽  
Slide Agglutination Test
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