A patient has been hospitalized with provisional diagnosis of botulism. What serological reaction should be used to reveal botulinum toxin?

Answer options

1. Agglutination reaction
2. Bordet-Gengou test
3. Immunofluorescence test
4. Neutralization reaction
5. Precipitation reaction

Explanation

A patient has been hospitalized with provisional diagnosis of botulism. What serological reaction should be used to reveal botulinum toxin?Clostridium botulinum excretes neurotoxin, Neutralization reaction with anti-toxin is the only way to reveal the exotoxin.