| 摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/SE87/00588 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 15, 1989 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 15, 1989 PCT Filed Dec. 10, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO88/04693 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 1988.A method for the diagnosis of whooping-cough is described. The method is carried out such that a sample of body fluid from a patient is incubated with at least a part of a pertussis toxin-sensitive, chromatophore containing fish-scale during a predetermined suitable period of time, that the fish-scale colour then is subjected to a first visual inspection, optionally by means of a microscope, that a substance inducing a colour change in the fish-scales is added, that the fish-scale colour then is subjected to a second visual inspection, optionally by means of the microscope and that the fish-scale colour first observed is compared with the subsequently observed fish-scale colour, the absence of a colour change, or a slight colour change, indicating the presence of pertussis toxin in the body fluid sample. A test kit for carrying the method into effect is described as well. |
