Publication Date: 1976
JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES (00223549)(2)pp. 226-230
Publication Date: 1976
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE (00029637)(4)pp. 660-661
Patients (51) with surgically proven hydatid disease in Iran were examined with the intradermal (ID) (Casoni) and latex-agglutination (LA) tests. Before surgery, results of the former test were 80.4% positive and of the latter were 82.3%. For 105 persons diagnosed free of hydatid cysts by surgical, clinical and serological observations, 6.7% were positive with the ID test and 4.8% with the LA test. The close agreement between results obtained with LA and ID tests in this selected group of patients suggests that the LA test merits further evaluation as a diagnostic tool.
Publication Date: 1977
TROPICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL MEDICINE (00413232)(4)pp. 393-398
Evaluation of the immediate intradermal (ID) test showed a direct relationship between N concentration and sensitivity. Antigens of low N-concentration were less reactive but more specific. Intradermal antigens prepared from Echinococcus multilocularis can be used in Isfahan, Iran, for the diagnosis of E. granulosus in man. The ID delayed reaction was observed in a few patients who had positive immediate skin tests. Because of its high sensitivity, the indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test was preferred for serological diagnosis of echinococcosis. The IHA test appears to offer good sensitivity and the ID, with an antigen of low N concentration, good specificity.
Publication Date: 1977
TRANSFUSION (00411132)(1)pp. 54-58
To provide evidence for the immune nature of the albumin agglutination phenomenon or caprylate dependent albumin agglutinins (CDAA), rabbits were injected with native serum that was incubated in a solution of sodium caprylate. Two of 3 rabbits responded with the production of CDAA, which in vitro behaved identical to human antisera. Human cells were agglutinated only when caprylate stabilized albumin was added to the red blood cell/serum mixture or when caprylate free albumin plus sodium caprylate were used. The CDAA failed to agglutinate rabbit cells, although human adult and cord cells were agglutinated. CDAA probably represent an immune response to native albumin that was altered by caprylate.
Publication Date: 1977
RADIOCHEMICAL AND RADIOANALYTICAL LETTERS (00799483)(1)pp. 53-59