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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1988
John C Mauck, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Antigens from chlamydial or gonococcal organisms in specimens containing whole blood, mucus or components thereof can be rapidly and sensitively determined using a polyamide microporous membrane which is coated with a surfactant. This determination is accomplished by contacting extracted antigen with the coated polyamide microporous membrane which is substantially free of any particulate matter. The membrane has an average pore size of from about 1 to about 10 .mu.meter. Within about 10 minutes of that contacting, antigen bound to the coated membrane is contacted with chlamydial or gonococcal antibody, respectively, so as to form an immunological complex on the membrane. The presence of the complex on the membrane is then determined as a measure of the amount of chlamydial or gonococcal antigen present in the specimen.