PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Ekpo, Pattama AU - Rungpanich, Utane AU - Pongsunk, Supinya AU - Naigowit, Pimjai AU - Petkanchanapong, Vimon TI - Use of Protein-Specific Monoclonal Antibody-Based Latex Agglutination for Rapid Diagnosis of <em>Burkholderia pseudomallei</em> Infection in Patients with Community-Acquired Septicemia AID - 10.1128/CVI.00011-07 DP - 2007 Jun 01 TA - Clinical and Vaccine Immunology PG - 811--812 VI - 14 IP - 6 4099 - http://cvi.asm.org/content/14/6/811.short 4100 - http://cvi.asm.org/content/14/6/811.full SO - Clin Vaccine Immunol2007 Jun 01; 14 AB - A latex agglutination test employing monoclonal antibody specific to a 30-kDa protein of Burkholderia pseudomallei was used to detect the organisms in blood culture specimens from 1,139 patients with community-acquired septicemia. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the test were 96.75%, 99.61%, 96.75%, and 99.61%, respectively.