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Acta Gastroenterol Belg ; 75(3): 322-4, 2012 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23082702

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIM: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is increasingly recognized as a cause of hepatitis in developed countries. The goal of this study is to provide an estimate of the seroprevalence of HEV in Belgium, more precisely in East and West Flanders, since data for this country are currently lacking. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One hundred patients presenting at the gynecological (mainly fertility center) or orthopedic clinics of our hospital were randomly selected to be tested for anti-HEV IgG antibodies using a sensitive indirect ELISA and, in the case of a borderline result, a strip immunoassay. RESULTS: The anti-HEV IgG seroprevalence was found to be 14%. CONCLUSIONS: The observed seroprevalence rate suggests that HEV infection is not an uncommon occurrence in Belgium. Comparisons with published seroprevalence data of other Western European countries should be made with caution due to differences in the analytical performance of anti-HEV IgG assays.


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Hepatitis E/epidemiología , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Bélgica/epidemiología , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Seroepidemiológicos , Adulto Joven
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Int J Lab Hematol ; 34(6): 630-40, 2012 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22827598

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INTRODUCTION: Anticardiolipin (aCL) and anti-ß2-glycoprotein I (aß2GPI) antibodies are two of the three laboratory criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). All assays for antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), coagulation assays as well as ELISAs, show methodological shortcomings, which makes the search for better assays everlasting. The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic performance of two new, fully automated systems (Zenit RA and HemosIL Acustar) applying chemiluminescent technology for aPL detection. METHODS: The study cohort consisted of a patient population presenting with thrombosis. In such patient population, the demonstration of aPL determines whether a patient has APS or not with implications for treatment. One hundred and twenty-four patients with thrombotic complications, of whom 26 were patients with definite APS, were integrated in this study. Besides, aPL titres were compared to the Sapporo standards. RESULTS: Results of both systems agreed well with ELISA and mutually. Analysis of the discrepant results between Zenit and Acustar finally led to one misclassification as APS. CONCLUSION: Diagnostic performances of both Zenit RA and HemosIL Acustar were comparable with odds ratios lower limits of CI of 5 for aß2 GPI IgG for Zenit and Acustar and 6 and 5 for aCl IgG on Zenit and Acustar, respectively. However, even with these new automated systems, titres differed largely between systems, especially for aß2 GPI IgG.


Asunto(s)
Anticuerpos Anticardiolipina/sangre , Anticuerpos/sangre , Síndrome Antifosfolípido/sangre , Automatización de Laboratorios , Mediciones Luminiscentes/métodos , beta 2 Glicoproteína I/inmunología , Anticuerpos/inmunología , Síndrome Antifosfolípido/diagnóstico , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática/métodos , Humanos , Inmunoglobulina G/sangre , Inmunoglobulina M/sangre , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Sensibilidad y Especificidad
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Int J Lab Hematol ; 34(4): 410-6, 2012 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22405611

RESUMEN

INTRODUCTION: Recently, two new, fully automated quantitative chemiluminescent immunoassays, the HemosIL(®) AcuStar HIT-IgG (PF4-H), specific for IgG anti-PF4/H antibodies, and the HemosIL(®) AcuStar HIT-Ab(PF4-H), detecting IgG, IgM and IgA anti-PF4/H antibodies, were introduced into the market. In this study, their performance was compared mutually and with the Zymutest HIA IgG and HIA IgGAM ELISA. METHODS: Citrated plasmas from 87 patients with clinical suspicion of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) were analyzed with all four assays and with a functional confirmation assay. Apart from the manufacturer's cutoffs, optimalized cutoffs were evaluated as well. RESULTS: Sensitivities of all assays were 100%. The Acustar HIT-IgG assay showed a higher specificity compared with the HIT-Ab assay (85%vs. 73%), using the manufacturer's cutoffs. Specificities of all assays, except for the AcuStar HIT-IgG, could be significantly improved when altering the cutoff. Titers were significantly higher for the HIT-Ab assay compared with the HIT-IgG assay (P = 0.0001). This was also the case for the patients with confirmed HIT (P = 0.0495), indicating that the one cutoff (1.0 OD) for both Acustar assays, as proposed by the manufacturer, can be adapted for the AcuStar Hit-Ab assay resulting in an increased specificity. CONCLUSION: Performance characteristics of the Acustar HIT-IgG and HIT-Ab assay are comparable to the Zymutest HIA IgG and HIA IgGAM.


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Anticuerpos/análisis , Heparina/efectos adversos , Mediciones Luminiscentes/métodos , Mediciones Luminiscentes/normas , Trombocitopenia/inducido químicamente , Trombocitopenia/diagnóstico , Anticuerpos Antiidiotipos/análisis , Automatización , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Citometría de Flujo , Humanos , Mediciones Luminiscentes/instrumentación , Estándares de Referencia , Sensibilidad y Especificidad
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Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis ; 30(12): 1595-8, 2011 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21499707

RESUMEN

A novel chromogenic medium for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), ChromID MRSA New, was evaluated and compared with the original ChromID MRSA agar, using 355 consecutive screening specimens from nose (120), throat (121) and perineum (114). The specimens were collected with an E-swab and inoculated within 24 hours onto both ChromID MRSA New and on ChromID MRSA. ChromID MRSA New was more sensitive than ChromID MRSA in detecting MRSA after 24 hours of incubation (94.3% versus 81.4%; p < 0.05). With the ChromID MRSA New, processing time is reduced from 48 h to 24 h and confirmation of the resistance to methicillin is redundant.


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Técnicas Bacteriológicas/métodos , Medios de Cultivo/química , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente a Meticilina/aislamiento & purificación , Infecciones Estafilocócicas/diagnóstico , Portador Sano/diagnóstico , Portador Sano/microbiología , Compuestos Cromogénicos/metabolismo , Humanos , Nariz/microbiología , Perineo/microbiología , Faringe/microbiología , Sensibilidad y Especificidad , Infecciones Estafilocócicas/microbiología , Factores de Tiempo
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