background: rose bengal is a common test for serologic diagnosis of brucellosis. the aim of this study was to evaluate the agreement rate between modified rose bengal, rose bengal and rapid wright tests for detection of antibody positive serum samples.  methods: c ross section study was designed. 941 serum sample of patients referred to the central medical laboratory of kermanshah, were evaluat...

A monoclonal antibody-based test, Bengal SMART, was developed for rapid detection of Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal directly from stool specimens. The test, which takes about 15 min to complete, was used to screen 189 diarrheal stool specimens. The results were compared with those of a monoclonal antibody-based coagglutination test (COAT) and the conventional culture methods used as the "g...

UNLABELLED Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis with a high degree of morbidity in humans. In Bosnia and Herzegovina a progressive increase of brucellosis among humans is evident. As the clinical picture of human brucellosis is fairly non-specific, a definitive diagnosis requires isolation of the causative organism, or the demonstration of the high levels of specific antibodies, or seroconversio...

Brucellosis is an important public health problem in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The diagnosis of brucellosis in the country without any experiences with this kind of infection may be very difficult. The aim of this study was to evaluate diagnostic methods: Rose Bengal test, blood cultures and ELISA IgM and IgG in the patients with brucellosis. The study included 91 brucellosis patients in the peri...

Some dyes are excreted almost exclusively by the liver and the rate of their elimination from the circulating blood is used as a test of certain aspects of hepatic function in man. Rose bengal is one of these dyes,""a"' and the test in which it is used is similar to the better known procedure utilizing bromsulphalein. Clearance of rose bengal from the blood is known to be retarded in hepatic di...

Investigation was conducted on (90) serum samples, (47) samples were collected from aborted cows and (43) samples from non-aborted cows from Babylon governorate, there were 7, 14.89% cases infected with Brucellaabortus by iELISA test while 10, 21.27% and 9, 19.14% cases infected with Brucellaabortus by Complement fixation test and rose Bengal plate test respectively from infected cow, there wer...

One hundred and forty two patients (62 with definite Sjögren's syndrome, 24 with probable Sjögren's syndrome, and 56 in whom Sjögren's syndrome was finally ruled out) were studied. Schirmer's test and rose bengal staining for the diagnosis of keratoconjunctivitis sicca and salivary scintigraphy and a labial biopsy sample for the diagnosis of xerostomaia were studied in all patients. Rose bengal...

The liver is an organ, which defies investigation in several ways. It is hidden in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen and away from other viscera in a "secret cave". Being a large organ, it presents problems in the localisation of lesions, particularly in the depth of the lobe. Further, its several functions are not affected to the same extent in disease. It also has a large reserve capaci...