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. 1984 Mar;19(3):394–398. doi: 10.1128/jcm.19.3.394-398.1984

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin.

O P Surujballi, H B Fackrell
PMCID: PMC271072  PMID: 6371045

Abstract

A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for measuring Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin. This assay was 500 to 1,000 times more sensitive than the commonly used hemolytic titration assay and was less variable. The binding of alpha-toxin to the adsorbed antibody was most effective after an overnight incubation at 27 degrees C. The toxin was detectable even at a log2 17 dilution of an S. aureus culture supernatant.

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