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414201

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
37
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
The cerebrospinal fluid of 120 subjects, 80 of whom were suffering from a purulent meningitis, were examined comparatively by classical bacteriological techniques (direct examination and culture) and by electro-immunodiffusion. This procedure makes it possible to detect not only viable bacteria, but also capsular polysaccharide antigens. It revealed the diagnosis in 96.9% of cases of meningococcal, pneumococcal and Haemophilus meningitis, as against 80.3% positive results using classical bacteriological techniques, for the same organisms. Electro-immunodiffusion provides a rapid answer (20 minutes) and, amongst other things, makes it possible: - to confirm the serotype or capsular type within the species, - to determine the aetiological diagnosis in certain types of meningitis where diagnosis is rendered difficult by blind antibiotic therapy, - to quantify and follow over a period of time the levels of polysaccharide antigens in the cerebrospinal fluid and serum of the patients. The sensitivity and specificity of electro-immunodiffusion render it a technique of the future in the diagnosis of purulent meningitis. By virtue of its simplicity, it should become a routine examination.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0301-1518
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3391-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
[The rapid detection and specific identification of bacterial antigens by electro-immunodiffusion in 80 cases of purulent meningitis (author's transl)].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract