Comparison of conventional tube test technique and gel microcolumn assay for direct antiglobulin test: a large study

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
M C Z NovarettiD A F Chamone

Abstract

Gel microcolumn assay (GMA) is a modified serological technique that has been used for ABO and Rh typing, direct antiglobulin test (DAT), detecting alloantibodies, red cell phenotyping, and other applications. However, for DAT, the role of GMA is controversial. The purpose of this large study was to compare the performance of the conventional tube test (CTT) to GMA for detecting potentially significant antibodies coating red blood cells in vivo. From January 1996 to May 2002, we performed DATs by GMA and CTT on 9,862 blood samples submitted to our reference laboratory, using LISS/Coombs cards (DiaMed-Latino America, Lagoa Santa-MG, Brazil) for GMA and polyspecific and monospecific anti-IgG reagents for CTT. Acid eluates were prepared from all positive DAT samples. The specificity of eluates was determined by GMA. We detected nonconcordant results in 2,079 out of 3,163 positive DATs (65.7%). All of these tests were only positive in GMA. Sensitivity and specificity for DATs was 100% and 83.0% for gel, and 50.7% and 97.8% for tube, respectively. Based on this study GMA showed to be more sensitive than CTT for detecting potentially significant antibodies coating red blood cells in vivo.

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