title: Effectiveness of latex agglutination slide test in the diagnosis of imported invasive amoebiasis in the emergency department.
abstract: We compared a latex agglutination test (LAT) with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and indirect hemagglutination assay in the diagnosis of invasive amoebiasis. A retrospective biological records review has included 639 patients for whom these three serological tests were performed. The sensitivity of the LAT was 97.8% and the specificity was 97%.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale, HIA Bégin, Saint-Mandé, France. Electronic address: slarreche@hotmail.fr.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Larréché
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bigaillon
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ficko
authors.forename: Aurore
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bousquet
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Janvier
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sanmartin
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mérens
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rapp
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000379:methods*; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
keywords: Amoebiasis; Entamoeba histolytica; Latex agglutination; Rapid diagnostic test