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A rapid agglutination assay to detect anti-streptokinase antibodies
J P McRedmond1, N T Mulvihill, M Kane
1Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons, Galway, Ireland. james.mcredmond@ucd.ie
Background:
Streptokinase resistance may cause suboptimal thrombolytic therapy.
Aim:
To develop a rapid latex-bead assay to detect streptokinase antibodies.
Methods:
Sera were obtained from 16 patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction (MI) before treatment with streptokinase and 1 and 6 months post treatment, and from 100 controls. Sera were assayed for anti-streptokinase antibodies using a functional streptokinase-neutralising assay.
Results:
Streptokinase-neutralising activity was low in controls (54 +/- 5U/ml) and patients prior to treatment (101 +/- 18), increasing to 2,110 +/- 823 and 1,017 +/- 169 at 1 and 6 months (mean +/- SEM). The latex assay had a sensitivity of 94% and a specificity of 93% for detecting individuals with > 350U/ml of streptokinase resistance, which is sufficient to neutralise the drug clinically.
Conclusions:
Estimation of streptokinase resistance using an enzyme immunoassay and a latex bead assay correlated well with serum neutralising activity. This assay can rapidly identify patients who have a high level of streptokinase-neutralising activity.
