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PRODUCTION OF COLD AGGLUTININS IN RABBITS INDUCED BY MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES OR STREPTOCOCCUS MG
Author(s) -
Lind Klaus
Publication year - 1973
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.1699-0463.1973.tb02234.x
Subject(s) - listeria monocytogenes , streptococcus pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , mycoplasma pneumoniae , listeria , mycoplasma , antigen , biology , microorganism , bacteria , antibiotics , immunology , medicine , genetics , pneumonia
Intravenous injections of Mycoplasma pneumoniae , as well as of Listeria monocytogenes and Streptococcus MG , stimulated the production of CA in rabbits. Absorption experiments indicated that these microorganisms possess antigens related to the red cell I antigen, most strongly represented in M. pneumoniae. It is suggested that the CA production during primary atypical pneuomonia caused by M. pneumoniae may be triggered off by an I‐like antigen present in this microorganism.