Evaluation of Brucella dipstick assay for the diagnosis of acute brucellosis

2002 
Abstract The diagnostic value of the dipstick assay was evaluated by comparison with Rose Bengal (RB), serum aglutination tests (SAT) and 2 mercaptoethanol test (2-ME) on consecutive serum samples submitted because of suspicion of brucellosis. Serum samples of 232 patients with suspected brucellosis that were submitted for laboratory confirmation were included in the study. Twelve out of 232 serum samples were detected as positive with the dipstick assay. All of these 12 patients had positive RB and SAT results. In 16 RB positive samples dipstick test was negative. Fifteen of these samples had insignificant (titer
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