%0 Journal Article %A MARRODAN, T. %A NENOVA-POLIAKOVA, R. %A RUBIO, M. %A ARIZA, J. %A CLAVIJO, E. %A SMITS, H.L. %A DIAZ, R. %T Evaluation of three methods to measure anti-Brucella IgM antibodies and interference of IgA in the interpretation of mercaptan-based tests %D 2001 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 50 %N 8 %P 663-666 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-50-8-663 %I Microbiology Society, %X The results of a dipstick assay for the detection of immunoglobulin M (IgM) to Brucella smooth lipopolysaccharide (S-LPS) correlated with those of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for IgM and of the serum agglutination test (SAT) performed with and without dithiothreitol. Two sera which were dithiothreitol-sensitive and were dipstick negative were shown to contain specific IgA. The dipstick assay is recommended as a simple method for detecting specific IgM antibodies in acute-phase brucellosis patients. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/0022-1317-50-8-663