title: ELISA: a tool for the clinical microbiologist.
abstract: The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), with its ability to detect both antigens and antibodies, is finding an increasing number of applications in the clinical microbiology laboratory. This paper describes the basic steps common to all ELISA procedures, as well as the specific variations in technique. Applications of ELISA techniques to the clinical microbiology laboratory are reviewed, and commercially available materials and systems for elisa are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D000941:Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D009181:Mycoses / Q000276:immunology; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000941:Antigens; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic