Evaluation of lateral flow assays for the detection of botulinum neurotoxin type A and their application in laboratory diagnosis of botulism.

Abstract:

:Four lateral flow assays (LFAs) were evaluated for the detection of purified botulinum neurotoxin A, toxin complex, and unpurified culture supernatant. They included the BioThreat (Tetracore, Rockville, MD), SMART (New Horizons Diagnostics, Columbia, MD), BADD (ADVNT Biotechnologies, Phoenix, AZ), and RAMP (Response Biomedical, Burnaby, BC, Canada) assays. BioThreat and SMART did not detect the purified toxin. The best sensitivity was achieved with the RAMP test (50 ng mL(-1)). BioThreat and SMART measured as low as 10 ng mL(-1) of the toxin complex. Specificity data differed among the tests. BADD gave false-positive signals with uninoculated bacterial culture medium. BioThreat and RAMP were further evaluated with clinical sample matrices (serum, gastric, and rectum contents from pigs). Because of matrix effects and a generally low positive response, the assays are unsuitable for the direct detection of the toxin. However, the LFAs can be a helpful tool in screening bacterial cultures for toxigenic Clostridium botulinum, if further validated according to the laboratory needs.

authors

Gessler F,Pagel-Wieder S,Avondet MA,Böhnel H

doi

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.07.017

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-03-01 00:00:00

pages

243-9

issue

3

eissn

0732-8893

issn

1879-0070

pii

S0732-8893(06)00343-9

journal_volume

57

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