ELISA TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTION OF SALMONELLA ANTIGEN IN CHRONIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS | ||
| Zagazig Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 8, Volume 2, Issue 1, June 1993, Pages 81-91 PDF (4.8 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/zjps.1993.188990 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed Rushdy* 1; Ahmed Mahmoud2; Ahmed Refaat3 | ||
| 1DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY. | ||
| 2Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menofia University | ||
| 3DEPARTMENT OF TROPICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT , FACULTY OF MEDICINE, ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Different techniques (Blood culture, Widal test and ELISA) were carried out to detect the presence of Salmonella organisms and/or their antigens or antibodies in order to evaluate the role of such organisms as a cause of the fever frequently encountered in bilharzial hepatosplenomegaly. This study was done on 68 cases, classified into 3 groups: group I, bilharizal hepatosplenomegaly with fever, group Il, bilharzial hepatosplenomegaly without fever and group II, clinical enteric fever. Comparison of results indicated that Salmonella somatic antigen detection by ELISA was more sensitive than by Widal test (100% vs 50%) in group I. On the other hand specificity of Widal test (60%, gp. I, 94.4 gp. II, 77.8% gp. III) was greater than ELISA (45% gp. I, 77.8% gp.ll, 66.6 gp. II), using blood culture as gold standared. ELISA techniqueis more sensitive but less specific than Widal test in detection of Salmonella infection. | ||
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