Comparison of Fecal Calprotectin Methods for Predicting Relapse of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is on the rise worldwide. Endoscopies are necessary for IBD assessment but are invasive, expensive, and inconvenient. Recently, fecal calprotectin (FCal) was proposed as a noninvasive and specific marker of gut inflammation.

Evaluation of a commercially available carbohydrate deficient transferrin kit to detect beta-2-transferrin in cerebrospinal fluid using capillary electrophoresis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the CEofix™ CDT Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) kit for the detection of β-2-tranferrin (β-2-Tf) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

Design And Method: Evaluation was performed according to CLSI EP5-A and EP12-A guidelines.

Results: The method resolved β-2-Tf from other Tf isoforms.