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BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA HAVE HIGH Cl q BINDING CAPACITY
Author(s) -
PRELLNER KARIN
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section c immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-1328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1980.tb00093.x
Subject(s) - bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , streptococcus pneumoniae , otitis , antibody , acute otitis media , chemistry , biology , immunology , genetics , antibiotics
A simple, rapid and sensitive radioimmunologic method for demonstrating Cl q binding to bacteria is described. Various bacteria were shown to bind Cl q without the participation of antibodies. Great differences in Cl q binding levels between different types and strains of S. pneumoniae were found. A high uptake of Cl q was observed for many pneumococcal strains of type VI, XIX and XXIII and also for non‐typable strains of H. influenzae and B. catarrhalis. Other bacteria tested, including H. influenzae types a–f, demonstrated less capacity to bind Cl q .