Affiliation:
1. Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Medical Faculty of the Technical University Dresden, Dresden
2. Life Science & Analytics Division, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Duopath
Legionella
(Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) is a new immunochromatographic assay for the simultaneous identification of cultured
L. pneumophila
and
Legionella
species other than
L. pneumophila
. In tests of 89
L. pneumophila
strains and 87
Legionella
strains other than
L. pneumophila
representing 41 different species, Duopath and a widely used latex agglutination assay detected
L. pneumophila
with 100% and 98% accuracy, respectively, whereas the percentages differed significantly for other
Legionella
spp. (93% versus 37% [
P
< 0.001]). Since many countries’ regulations require the identification of
Legionella
spp. in water and environmental samples, the use of Duopath
Legionella
to comply with those regulations could contribute to significantly fewer false-negative results.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
Cited by
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