Table 1.
Characteristics of the Salmonella antigen-based immunochromatographic rapid diagnostic tests evaluated.
Table 2.
Bacterial strains used for spiking blood culture bottles and corresponding rapid diagnostic test results.
Table 3.
Determination of limit of detection and corresponding test line intensity for each rapid diagnostic test.
Table 4.
Results of the SD Bioline and Creative Diagnostics rapid diagnostic tests on blood culture broth.
Fig 1.
Variable background clearance.
Both tests shown (Standard Diagnostics Bioline One Step Salmonella Typhi Ag Rapid Detection Kit) with the presence of a control line and absence of a test line, show a negative test result. Background clearance is scored poor for the test above (more reddish) and good for the test below.
Fig 2.
Presence of black and red colored test lines.
Samples applied to both tests (Salmonella Ag Rapid Test, Creative diagnostics) contained Salmonella Enteritidis and both were scored as a positive test result. The test above shows a red colored control line and a black colored test line. The picture below shows a red colored control and test line.