He Xiangyun, Wang Jufang, Steele Jennifer, Sun Xingmin, Nie Weijia, Tzipori Saul, Feng Hanping
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts 01536, USA.
J Microbiol Methods. 2009 Jul;78(1):97-100. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.04.007. Epub 2009 Apr 23.
We describe a novel ultrasensitive cell-based immunocytotoxicity assay for detecting Clostridium difficile toxin A and B. The assay is simple to perform with a turnaround time of approximately 3 h . It is particularly sensitive in detecting TcdA at a level less then 1 pg/ml. Using this assay, we were able to detect the presence of C. difficile toxins in the fecal and serum specimens of experimentally infected piglets.
我们描述了一种用于检测艰难梭菌毒素A和B的新型超灵敏细胞免疫细胞毒性测定法。该测定法操作简单,周转时间约为3小时。它在检测浓度低于1 pg/ml的TcdA时特别灵敏。使用该测定法,我们能够在实验感染仔猪的粪便和血清样本中检测到艰难梭菌毒素的存在。