Latex agglutination in the diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis.
Group-specific polysaccharides of Neisseria meningitidis groups A and C have been demonstrated by means of a rapid, sensitive slide agglutination test with latex particles coated with antibodies. In this manner, the diagnosis can be made from the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with meningococcal meningitis caused by serogroups A or C even when the culture is negative. The method appears to be more sensitive than countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis and less elaborate.
D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008722:Methods; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine
D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine