The difference between latex agglutination and coagglutination is:

a. the type of particle used to carry the anti-body.
b. the type of target organism involved.
c. that coagglutination is less specific but more sensitive.
d. that coagglutination, not latex agglutina-tion, can be used for direct antigen detec-tion.


A
Latex agglutination uses latex particles, whereas coagglutination uses Staphylococcus aureus cells.

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