Keywords
thiamine
diagnosis
beriberi
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Abstract
Erythrocyte transketolase activation test (TK-E) by exogenous thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) is an indirect method to measure thiamine (vitamin B1). The decrease in the erythrocyte transketolase activity and the increase of in vitro stimulation with TPP greater than 17 % indicate thiamine deficiency. It is a reasonable method as the major portion of this vitamin are concentrated in erithrocytes. Due to the beriberi outbreaks that have occurred in Brazil since 2006, the Adolfo Lutz Institute (IAL), as a Central Public Health Laboratory, proposed the implementation of this method to give support to the investigation on the new outbreaks or isolated cases. The evaluated parameters were precision, linearity, hemolysate and sample stability, and the limits of detection and quantification were estimated. The TK-E activity without activation by TPP was 0.732 UI/gHb, and with activation was 0.827 UI/gHb. All of the results obtained from the evaluated parameters showed to be within the eligibility criteria, ensuring the reliability of the proposed methods. Thus, this method showed to be adequate as biochemical assay for the Public Health Network. However, there is a need to define the reference values to establish the clinical limits of thiamine deficiency.
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