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Advantages of Lateral Flow Assays Based on Fluorescent Submicrospheres and Quantum Dots for Clostridium difficile Toxin B Detection
Clostridium difficile colitis is caused by a cytotoxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria C. difficile in the epithelial cells of the large intestine, particularly C. difficile toxin B (TcdB). However, the sensitivity of currently utilized C. difficile endotoxin determination methods has been called...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7699250/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33227925 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins12110722 |
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author | Qi, Haonan Sun, Qiuli Ma, Yi Wu, Peidian Wang, Jufang |
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description | Clostridium difficile colitis is caused by a cytotoxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria C. difficile in the epithelial cells of the large intestine, particularly C. difficile toxin B (TcdB). However, the sensitivity of currently utilized C. difficile endotoxin determination methods has been called into question, and, therefore, more accurate and convenient detection methods are needed. Our study is the first to systematically compare fluorescent submicrosphere-based and quantum-dot nanobead-based lateral fluidity measurement methods (FMs-LFA and QDNBs-LFA) with toxin B quantification in fecal samples via sandwich analysis. The limits of detection (LOD) of FMs-LFA and QDNBs-LFA in the fecal samples were 0.483 and 0.297 ng/mL, respectively. TcdB analyses of the fecal samples indicated that the results of QDNBs-LFA and FMs-LFA were consistent with those of a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test kit. The sensitivity of QDNBs-LFA was highly correlated with clinical diagnoses. Therefore, quantum dot nanobeads (QDNBs) are deemed highly suitable for lateral fluidity analyses, which would facilitate the implementation of portable and rapid on-the-spot applications, such as food hygiene and safety tests and onsite medical testing. |
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spelling | pubmed-76992502020-11-29 Advantages of Lateral Flow Assays Based on Fluorescent Submicrospheres and Quantum Dots for Clostridium difficile Toxin B Detection Qi, Haonan Sun, Qiuli Ma, Yi Wu, Peidian Wang, Jufang Toxins (Basel) Article Clostridium difficile colitis is caused by a cytotoxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria C. difficile in the epithelial cells of the large intestine, particularly C. difficile toxin B (TcdB). However, the sensitivity of currently utilized C. difficile endotoxin determination methods has been called into question, and, therefore, more accurate and convenient detection methods are needed. Our study is the first to systematically compare fluorescent submicrosphere-based and quantum-dot nanobead-based lateral fluidity measurement methods (FMs-LFA and QDNBs-LFA) with toxin B quantification in fecal samples via sandwich analysis. The limits of detection (LOD) of FMs-LFA and QDNBs-LFA in the fecal samples were 0.483 and 0.297 ng/mL, respectively. TcdB analyses of the fecal samples indicated that the results of QDNBs-LFA and FMs-LFA were consistent with those of a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test kit. The sensitivity of QDNBs-LFA was highly correlated with clinical diagnoses. Therefore, quantum dot nanobeads (QDNBs) are deemed highly suitable for lateral fluidity analyses, which would facilitate the implementation of portable and rapid on-the-spot applications, such as food hygiene and safety tests and onsite medical testing. MDPI 2020-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7699250/ /pubmed/33227925 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins12110722 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Qi, Haonan Sun, Qiuli Ma, Yi Wu, Peidian Wang, Jufang Advantages of Lateral Flow Assays Based on Fluorescent Submicrospheres and Quantum Dots for Clostridium difficile Toxin B Detection |
title | Advantages of Lateral Flow Assays Based on Fluorescent Submicrospheres and Quantum Dots for Clostridium difficile Toxin B Detection |
title_full | Advantages of Lateral Flow Assays Based on Fluorescent Submicrospheres and Quantum Dots for Clostridium difficile Toxin B Detection |
title_fullStr | Advantages of Lateral Flow Assays Based on Fluorescent Submicrospheres and Quantum Dots for Clostridium difficile Toxin B Detection |
title_full_unstemmed | Advantages of Lateral Flow Assays Based on Fluorescent Submicrospheres and Quantum Dots for Clostridium difficile Toxin B Detection |
title_short | Advantages of Lateral Flow Assays Based on Fluorescent Submicrospheres and Quantum Dots for Clostridium difficile Toxin B Detection |
title_sort | advantages of lateral flow assays based on fluorescent submicrospheres and quantum dots for clostridium difficile toxin b detection |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7699250/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33227925 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins12110722 |
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