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1st Lab. Clin. Chem., Clin. Chem. and Enzymol. Section, Spedali Civili, 25125 Brescia, Italy
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To the Editor:
We evaluated the Opus Troponin I assay (Behring Diagnostics, Westwood, MA), a two-site sandwich, fluorogenic ELISA that uses two goat polyclonal antibodies directed against different protein segments unique to cardiac troponin I (cTnI) (1). Pipetting, incubations, measurements, and data-reduction steps are performed on the Opus analyzer; the first test result requires 20 min. The assay measures concentrations of cTnI in serum as great as ~135 µg/L.
The calibration appeared to be stable for at least 4 weeks. Serial
dilution of a human serum sample with a high concentration of cTnI
showed no significant curvature when the curve obtained was tested for
linearity [quadratic regression: y = -0.25 +
96.1x + 6.31x2, with the coefficient
of x2 not significantly different from 0
(P = 0.27)] (2). Linear regression
analysis of these data confirmed the high linearity of the response
(r = 0.9998). The minimum detectable cTnI
concentration, assessed by
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