title: Assessment of latex indirect agglutination test (Toxolatex Fumouze) for the detection of Toxoplasma specific antibodies in human sera in Turkey.
abstract: Sera from 50 patients were examined with conventional ELISA, IFA and Toxolatex Fumouze. Out of 50 specimens only 3 false positive cases were detected with Toxolatex Fumouze as compared with the results of ELISA & IFA tests. Toxolatex Fumouze represents a rapid, highly sensitive and specific technique for screening of specific antibodies against toxoplasmosis, but due to false negative results, sera from patients at risk of severe toxoplasmosis (fetus, HIV+, transplant, immunosupressed) should be tested with other serological methods such as the dye test, DS-ELISA and ISAGA.
authors: Department of Parasitology, Faculties of Medicine, Ege University Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.
authors: A Y
authors: AY
authors: Gürüz
authors: U Z
authors: UZ
authors: Ok
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Korkmaz
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan