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Clinical Chemistry 52: 2151-2155, 2006; 10.1373/clinchem.2006.072579
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(Clinical Chemistry. 2006;52:2151-2155.)
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An Innovative, Flow-Assisted, Noncompetitive Chemiluminescent Immunoassay for the Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria,

Maria Magliulo1, Barbara Roda2, Andrea Zattoni2, Elisa Michelini1, Mirella Luciani3, Rossella Lelli3, Pierluigi Reschiglian2 and Aldo Roda1,a

(Departments of1 Pharmaceutical Sciences and2 Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy;3 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy;

aaddress correspondence to this author at: University of Bologna, via Belmeloro 6, I-40126 Bologna, Italy; fax 39-051-343398, e-mail aldoroda@unibo.it)

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Up to 80 million cases of food-borne illness occur yearly in the US. Approximately 30% of these cases are caused by bacteria and their related toxic products (1)(2). The bacteria species that are most frequently responsible for food contaminations are Salmonella typhimurium (meat, milk, and eggs), Escherichia coli O157:H7 (meat), Staphylococcus aureus (milk, cream, and meat), Clostridium perfringens (sausages, preserved food), Campylobacter jejuni (poultry, eggs), Vibrio parahaemolyticus (shellfish), Yersinia enterocolitica (meat, milk), and Listeria monocytogenes (dairy products) (3).

Conventional microbiological methods for the identification of pathogenic bacteria are labor-intensive (several enrichment steps) and time-consuming (2 to 3 days to obtain results) (4). Currently, new rapid procedures based on immunological, DNA hybridization, or biosensing methods have been proposed (5)(6). However, many of these rapid tests are expensive, laborious, and all of them are based on cultural enrichment to enhance sensitivity and selectivity before analysis. Simpler, faster and more sensitive diagnostic techniques are required to improve food safety (food production, processing, storage and distribution) and to screen for potential bacterial infections in humans. Several immuno-based detection methods for infectious agents have been developed recently (7)(8). Such methods are of great diagnostic importance because they offer unique detection specificity and sensitivity, with relatively simple and low-cost assay formats. Most commercially available immunological methods for the detection of bacteria are based on conventional sandwich immunoassays, which involve the formation of an immunocomplex with an immobilized antibody, the target bacteria, a second labeled antibody, and the separation of free and bound antibody fractions by washing steps. Unfortunately, these separation steps reduce the assay production, so alternative approaches are welcome.

In general, flow-assisted immunoassays offer advantages over conventional microtiter solid-phase formats, mainly related to easier automation and faster kinetics of . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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