title: Development and evaluation of rapid monoclonal antibody-based coagglutination test for direct detection of Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal in stool samples.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody-based coagglutination test directly detected Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal in 83 of 120 watery diarrheal stool specimens; on culture, 90 samples were positive. Thus, with 92% sensitivity, 100% specificity, and 100% positive and 95% negative predictive values, the coagglutination test is a useful rapid test for V. cholerae O139.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qadri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Azim
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Sack
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Albert
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D002771:Cholera / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal