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Genitourin Med 1985;61:123-126 doi:10.1136/sti.61.2.123
  • Research Article

Typing Haemophilus ducreyi by indirect immunofluorescence assay.

  1. L Slootmans,
  2. D A Vanden Berghe,
  3. P Piot

      Abstract

      Rabbits were inoculated with untreated whole cells of 16 strains of Haemophilus ducreyi. Homologous titres in an indirect immunofluorescence test ranged from 1/320 to 1/1280. No cross reactions, or very few, were observed between antisera to these strains and 22 other (possible taxonomically related) species, strains, and genera. A large diversity in types of antigen was observed among the strains of H ducreyi. Antiserum from two antigens (35000 and 3138), however, reacted with all 16 H ducreyi antigens tested. At least nine of the strains of H ducreyi examined could be identified as determining the type of antigen.

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