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IMMUNE PRECIPITATION OF NOT CELL‐BOUND ANTIGEN OF MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE
Author(s) -
Eng Jan
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-5563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1971.tb00107.x
Subject(s) - precipitin , mycoplasma pneumoniae , antigen , immune system , microbiology and biotechnology , agar gel , precipitation , immune reaction , agar , immunology , biology , cell , chemistry , bacteria , pneumonia , medicine , biochemistry , physics , genetics , meteorology
A precipitin reaction with not cell‐bound antigen of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is described. Immune precipitates are formed with human and rabbit anti‐ M. pneumoniae sera in fluid medium, whereas attempts at precipitation in agar gel were negative. The immune precipitation proceeds well without fresh serum, but the addition of 5 per cent fresh guinea pig serum to the reaction mixture increases the sentitivity of the reaction. Rising precipitin titres are demonstrated in patients with pneumonia caused by M. pneumoniae .