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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey A Thompson, Richfield, MN (US);
Patrick A Mach, Shorewood, MN (US);
Howard R Soule, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Kallestad Diagnostics, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-7 ; 436510 ; 436825 ; 436811 ;
Abstract
An immunoassay procedure for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis antigen in a urogenital clinical specimen including a method for substantially eliminating the occurrence of false negative and false positive results of the immunoassay procedure. The method comprises treating a patent specimen with an aqueous solution having a final concentration of 0.1M NaOH or 0.1M KOH and then neutralizing the specimen-containing solution before conducting the immunoassay.