Coagglutination test for rapid noncultural diagnosis of human Campylobacteriosis.
Forty diarrhoeic stool samples of domestic animal handlers in a rural area of India were cultured and screened for detection of Campylobacter jejuni by Co-agglutination technique (CoA). Seven C. jejuni strains were isolated by culture and 6 faecal samples gave positive CoA test. The specificity and sensitivity for negative and positive culture were 96.9% and 85.7% respectively. This is first report of detection of Campylobacter enteritis of human beings using CoA technique directly from stool samples.
Chattopadhyay
U K
UK
All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Government of India, Department of Microbiology, Kolkata, India.
D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000379:methods*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000254:growth & development; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans