ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGENIC DIAGNOSTICUM FOR IDENTIFICATION OF L.pneumophila

• the diagnosticum is intended for the identification of antilegionellosis antibodies by the reaction of passive gemagglutination in the diagnosis of Legionaire disease;
• the preparation is a 2% suspension of erythrocytes sensibihzed with Legionella surface antigen; particle size is 0.804 mkm

• the kits are intended for 20, 50 and 100 detections. The diagnosticum gives specific reaction of latex-agglutination with human blood antibodies against Legionellaceae, independently of their serovariant.

• the advantages of latex-agglutination reaction are as follows: it is more simple in performance than the reaction of indirect gem-addlutination or indirect immunofluorescence. No special devices are required. Time of the analysis performance is decreased to 10 min.
• Legionaire disease is identified if the value of the diagnostic tetre of one single serum sample is 1:32 and that of double serum sample is 4-fold increased.

• 1 year at (4±2)°C

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