PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Slootmans, L
AU  - Vanden Berghe, D A
AU  - Piot, P
TI  - Typing Haemophilus ducreyi by indirect immunofluorescence assay.
AID  - 10.1136/sti.61.2.123
DP  - 1985 Apr 01
TA  - Genitourinary Medicine
PG  - 123--126
VI  - 61
IP  - 2
4099  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/61/2/123.short
4100  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/61/2/123.full
SO  - Genitourin Med1985 Apr 01; 61
AB  - 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.