Affiliation:
1. National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206.
Abstract
A novel immunoassay system based on the changes in the reflection of light, termed an optical immunoassay (OIA), was utilized to directly detect group A streptococcal (GAS) carbohydrate antigen from clinical specimens. In two studies, a total of 1,275 throat swabs were tested for the presence of this antigen with the Strep A OIA rapid detection system and the results were compared with those of standard culture methods. In both studies, the Strep A OIA yielded more positive results than plating of the throat swab onto a selective agar, Trypticase soy agar containing sheep blood, or an enriched broth. In one study, the sensitivity and specificity of Strep A OIA compared with those of the broth-enriched culture were 97.4 and 95.6%, respectively. In a second study a sensitivity of 98.9% and a specificity of 98.6% were achieved. It was also shown that the carbohydrate antigen could be detected in the absence of viable GAS organisms. The Strep A OIA is an easily interpretable method and was shown to be more sensitive than routine culture methods for detecting GAS infections directly from throat swabs.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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