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Microbiology
Undergraduate 3
05/05/2011
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polystyrene latex particles are used as:
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carriers for antibodies
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why is polystyrene used ?
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an agglutination reaction occurs rapidly and is much easier to see than ordinary precipitin-type reactions that might demonstrate the presence of a soluble antigen.
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the test reagent:
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a suspension of yellow latex particles sensitized with antibodies for coagulase and protein A.
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the reliability correlation between the Difco coagulase test and the tube test is:
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very high
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