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Optimal Cutoff and Accuracy of an IgM Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of Acute Scrub Typhus in Northern Thailand: an Alternative Reference Method to the IgM Immunofluorescence Assay
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Blacksell, Stuart D. Lim, Cherry Tanganuchitcharnchai, Ampai Jintaworn, Suthatip Kantipong, Pacharee Richards, Allen L. Limmathurotsakul, Direk Day, Nicholas P. J. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been proposed as an alternative serologic diagnostic test to the indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for scrub typhus. Here, we systematically determine the optimal sample dilution and cutoff optical density (OD) and estimate the accuracy of IgM ELISA using Bayesian latent class models (LCMs). Data from 135 patients with undifferentiated fever were reevaluated using Bayesian LCMs. Every patient was evaluated for the presence of an eschar and tested with a blood culture for Orientia tsutsugamushi, three different PCR assays, and an IgM IFA. The IgM ELISA was performed for every sample at sample dilutions from 1:100 to 1:102,400 using crude whole-cell antigens of the Karp, Kato, and Gilliam strains of O. tsutsugamushi developed by the Naval Medical Research Center. We used Bayesian LCMs to generate unbiased receiver operating characteristic curves and found that the sample dilution of 1:400 was optimal for the IgM ELISA. With the optimal cutoff OD of 1.474 at a sample dilution of 1:400, the IgM ELISA had a sensitivity of 85.7% (95% credible interval [CrI], 77.4% to 86.7%) and a specificity of 98.1% (95% CrI, 97.2% to 100%) using paired samples. For the ELISA, the OD could be determined objectively and quickly, in contrast to the reading of IFA slides, which was both subjective and labor-intensive. The IgM ELISA for scrub typhus has high diagnostic accuracy and is less subjective than the IgM IFA. We suggest that the IgM ELISA may be used as an alternative reference test to the IgM IFA for the serological diagnosis of scrub typhus. |
| Starting Page | 1472 |
| Ending Page | 1478 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://jcm.asm.org/content/54/6/1472.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 27008880 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02744-15 |
| DOI | 10.1128/jcm.02744-15 |
| Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
| Volume Number | 54 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Blood culture Diagnostic tests Endemic Flea-Borne Typhus Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Fluorescent Antibody Technique Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect Immunoglobulin M Intersex Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute Orientia tsutsugamushi Patients Scrub Typhus Slide (glass microscope) Yellow Fever incomplete Freund's adjuvant |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
