title: Comparison of automated ACMIA and EMIT immunoassays for whole blood cyclosporin monitoring.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluation of a new fully automated antibody conjugated magnetic immunoassay (ACMIA) for whole blood cyclosporin (CsA) monitoring.
  
  
  METHODS
  Evaluation of the analytical performance of the ACMIA method and comparison to the Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay (EMIT) method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analytical performance of the ACMIA and the EMIT methods was comparable. Without the need of a pretreatment step of the sample, the ACMIA method is faster than the EMIT method.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ACMIA method for CsA monitoring is a good alternative to the EMIT method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry - Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dessars
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cotton
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thiry
authors.forename: Béatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gulbis
mesh_terms: D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D017248:Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D016572:Cyclosporine