Respiratory Products

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Infections of the respiratory tract are mainly caused by viruses (e.g. SARS-CoV-2, influenza viruses, adenoviruses, RSV), but also bacteria (e.g. Legionella, Bordetella pertussis, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae). Both the upper (e.g. nasal mucosa, paranasal sinuses) and the lower respiratory tracts (airways and bronchia) can be affected.

Diagnostic Guidelines

The pathogens are mainly transmitted by droplet infection. Symptoms of respiratory infections include fever, cough, headaches and pain, pharyngitis, sinusitis, bronchitis or pneumonia.
Since many respiratory pathogens cause similar symptoms, the diseases cannot usually be diagnosed based on the clinical image alone. Consequently, laboratory diagnostics are particularly valuable. Direct pathogen detection (e.g. PCR) is in most cases the method of choice for the detection of acute respiratory infections.

Since antibodies are only formed days or weeks following infection and the prevalence increases with age, an infection can often only be diagnosed retrospectively by investigation of a serum pair and detection of an IgG titer increase. Serological tests can also contribute to epidemiological monitoring.

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wdt_ID	Method	Parameter	Substrate	Species/ Antigen
77	IFA	antibodies against Bordetella pertussis IgA positive control	Substrate	Species/ Antigen
78	IFA	antibodies against Bordetella pertussis IgG positive control
79	IFA	antibodies against Bordetella pertussis IgM positive control
80	IFA	Bordetella pertussis/parapertussis negative control
81	IFA	Bordetella pertussis	bacterial smear	Bordetella pertussis
82	ELISA	Bordetella pertussis incl. IgG/RF absorbent	antigen-coated microplate wells	inactivated Bordetella pertussis lysate
83	ELISA	Bordetella pertussis toxin	antigen-coated microplate wells	natives Bordetella pertussis toxin
85	ELISA	Bordetella pertussis toxin	antigen-coated microplate wells	natives Bordetella pertussis toxin
86	EUROLINE	Bordetella pertussis (FHA, PT, ACT separately)	EUROLINE
87	EUROLINE	positive control serum: IgG, human, 50x concentrated for Bordetella pertussis
88	IFA	Bordetella pertussis Bordetella parapertussis	bacterial smears (2 BIOCHIPs per field)	B. pertussis B. parapertussis
89	ELISA	Bordetella FHA	antigen-coated microplate wells	native Bordetella pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin
90	ELISA	Bordetella FHA	antigen-coated microplate wells	native Bordetella pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin
91	ELISA	Bordetella pertactin	antigen-coated microplate wells	native Bordetella pertussis pertactin
92	IFA	antibodies against Bordetella parapertussis IgA positive control
93	IFA	antibodies against Bordetella parapertussis IgG positive control
94	IFA	antibodies against Bordetella parapertussis IgM positive control
95	IFA	Bordetella parapertussis negative control
96	IFA	Bordetella parapertussis	bacterial smear	Bordetella parapertussis
97	IFA	antibodies against Legionella pneumophila serotypes 1 or 4 IgAGM positive control
98	IFA	BIOCHIP Sequence Legionella pneumophila serotypes 1 - 14	bacterial smears (1 BIOCHIP per serotype) verification BIOCHIP	Legionella pneumophila
99	ELISA	Legionella pneumophila	antigen-coated microplate wells	suspension of Legionella pneumophila serotypes 1-7
100	ELISA	Legionella pneumophila	antigen-coated microplate wells	suspension of Legionella pneumophila serotypes 1-7
101	ELISA	Legionella pneumophila incl. IgG/RF absorbent	antigen-coated microplate wells	suspension of Legionella pneumophila serotypes 1-7
102	IFA	Legionella pneumophila mixture 1-4-6-8 mixture 2-3-5-7 mixture 9-11-13 mixture 10-12-14	bacterial smears verification BIOCHIP (5 BIOCHIPs per field)	Legionella pneumophila
	Method	Parameter	Substrate	Species/ Antigen