RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Typing Haemophilus ducreyi by indirect immunofluorescence assay.
JF Genitourinary Medicine
JO Genitourin Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 123
OP 126
DO 10.1136/sti.61.2.123
VO 61
IS 2
A1 Slootmans, L
A1 Vanden Berghe, D A
A1 Piot, P
YR 1985
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/61/2/123.abstract
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.