[Diarlex LA and Diarlex MB: study for direct detection of rotaviruses and adenoviruses in stools]

Gastro-enteritis have an important frequency in clinician consultation especially in pediatric department. Viral responsible for these diseases are, in most cases rotaviruses and adenoviruses. From the use of electronic microscopy, the identification of these viruses has advanced : Elisa methods are now usually used in that area. More recently, easier methods using sensitized latex particles (Diarlex LA Orion Diagnostica) and immunochromatography (Diarlex MB , Orion Diagnostica) appeared and,in that study, their accuracy is compared to the electronic microscopy (for Adenoviruses) and Elisa method IDEIA Rotavirus trade mark (Dako) (for rotaviruses). Reliability, easy use, immediate results and moderate cost may assure to these new tests a leader place in all kinds of clinical laboratories.