Inventors:
Parviz Lalezari - Scarsdale NY, US
Assignee:
Clavina Diagnostics, Inc. - Longwood FL
International Classification:
G01N 33/00, G01N 31/00, G01N 33/539
US Classification:
435 725, 435 2, 4352872, 436506, 436507, 436513, 436518, 436520, 436538, 436539, 436 17, 436 18, 436165, 436166, 436175, 436177, 436178, 436179
Abstract:
A process for the detection of antibodies in a test sample by preparing a suspension of erythrocytes with a test serum or plasma by mixing a test serum or plasma with erythrocytes; incubating the suspension of erythrocytes at a temperature of from 37° C. to 45° C. to bind any antibodies in the test serum or plasma to the surface of said erythrocytes; combining the suspension of erythrocytes with an amount of a solution of a macromolecule which is effective to agglutinate the erythrocytes; packing the resultant red cell agglutinates by centrifuging the suspension of erythrocytes; and, determining the presence of anti-erythrocyte antibodies by observing if antibody-dependent erythrocyte agglutination has occurred.