A simple method to detect biotin interference on immunoassays

Articles in the same Issue

1. Frontmatter
2. Editorial
3. Biotin interference on immunoassay methods: sporadic cases or hidden epidemic?
4. Reviews
5. False biochemical diagnosis of hyperthyroidism in streptavidin-biotin-based immunoassays: the problem of biotin intake and related interferences
6. Vitamin K plasma levels determination in human health
7. Mini Review
8. Point-of-care testing INR: an overview
9. Opinion Paper
10. Could accreditation bodies facilitate the implementation of medical guidelines in laboratories?
11. Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
12. QMPSF is sensitive and specific in the detection of NPHP1 heterozygous deletions
13. General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
14. High-dose biotin therapy leading to false biochemical endocrine profiles: validation of a simple method to overcome biotin interference
15. Multicenter performance evaluation of a second generation cortisol assay
16. A rapid UPLC-MS/MS assay for the simultaneous measurement of fluconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, itraconazole, and hydroxyitraconazole concentrations in serum
17. A microplate assay to measure classical and alternative complement activity
18. Serological diagnosis and prognosis of severe acute pancreatitis by analysis of serum glycoprotein 2
19. Retrospective evaluation of the clinical utility of serological biomarkers in Chinese patients with inflammatory bowel disease: 2-year clinical experience
20. Infrared analysis of lipoproteins in the detection of alcohol biomarkers
21. Coexistence of anti-β₂-glycoprotein I domain I and anti-phosphatidylserine/prothrombin antibodies suggests strong thrombotic risk
22. Antiphosphatidylserine/prothrombin antibodies as biomarkers to identify severe primary antiphospholipid syndrome
23. Cardiovascular Diseases
24. The impact of admission neutrophil-to-platelet ratio on in-hospital and long-term mortality in patients with infective endocarditis
25. Letters to the Editor
26. Biotin interference in immunoassays mimicking subclinical Graves’ disease and hyperestrogenism: a case series
27. A simple method to detect biotin interference on immunoassays
28. Proposed classification for a variant of Kounis syndrome
29. Lyophilized hemoglobin E control material for the dichlorophenol-indophenol (DCIP) test
30. Procalcitonin variation before and after 100-km ultramarathon
31. Preliminary study in specific activity of molecular components in allergy: implications for diagnostics and relationship with disease severity
32. A 2-min at 4500 g rather than a 15-min at 2200 g centrifugation does not impact the reliability of 10 critical coagulation assays
33. Immunoassay interference caused by heterophilic antibodies interacting with biotin
34. Red blood cell distribution width and mean platelet volume are potential prognostic indices for patients with primary biliary cirrhosis
35. Neutrophil CD64 molecule expression can predict bloodstream infection in septic shock patients