title: ELISA with enzyme amplification for sensitive detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins in food.
abstract: A highly sensitive amplified ELISA in microtitre plates for the detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins compared favourably with a commercially available kit. The amplified ELISA demonstrated a reduced effect of the food sample matrix and an ease of handling. Using the amplified ELISA, the influence of different parameters (pH, time, temperature, re-extraction, concentration procedure) on the recovery efficiency and assay reliability was tested on foods implicated in food poisoning outbreaks as well as on spiked foods containing low levels of enterotoxins.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Windemann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lüthy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maurer
mesh_terms: D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus
chemical_list: D004768:Enterotoxins; C019368:enterotoxin D, Staphylococcal; C026066:enterotoxin A, Staphylococcal; C031818:enterotoxin B, staphylococcal; C034959:enterotoxin C, staphylococcal