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Vibrio , Antigens, Bacterial/analysis , Bacteriological Techniques , Culture Media , Flagella , Gastroenteritis/microbiology , Humans , Japan , Seawater , Serotyping , Sodium Chloride , Species Specificity , United States , Vibrio/classification , Vibrio/cytology , Vibrio/enzymology , Vibrio/growth & development , Vibrio/immunology , Vibrio/isolation & purification , Vibrio/metabolism , Vibrio Infections/microbiology , Water MicrobiologySubject(s)
False Positive Reactions , Syphilis/diagnosis , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Alcoholism/diagnosis , Arthritis, Rheumatoid/diagnosis , Child , Female , Hepatitis/diagnosis , Humans , Infectious Mononucleosis/diagnosis , Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/diagnosis , Malaria/diagnosis , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasms/diagnosis , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications , Rheumatic Fever/diagnosis , Substance-Related Disorders/diagnosis , Treponema Immobilization TestSubject(s)
Hepatitis A/etiology , Syphilis/complications , Adult , Humans , Jaundice/etiology , Male , Syphilis SerodiagnosisSubject(s)
Hemolysin Proteins/isolation & purification , Vibrio/analysis , Animals , Antigens/analysis , Carbohydrates/analysis , Chickens , Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose , Chromatography, Gel , Culture Techniques , Dogs , Guinea Pigs , Haplorhini , Hemolysin Proteins/analysis , Hemolysin Proteins/toxicity , Hemolysis , Horses , Humans , Lipids/analysis , Mice , Nitrogen/analysis , Phosphorus/analysis , Protein Denaturation , Proteins/analysis , Rabbits , Rats , Sheep , Species SpecificityABSTRACT
O antigens of Vibrio parahaemolyticus can be detected by a slide agglutination test.
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Agglutination Tests , Antigens/analysis , Vibrio/immunology , Methods , Serotyping , Vibrio/isolation & purificationSubject(s)
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Agammaglobulinemia/complications , Age Factors , Aged , Asian People , Black People , Child , Child, Preschool , Cytomegalovirus/isolation & purification , Disease Outbreaks , Female , Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use , Humans , Infant , Leukemia/complications , Male , Middle Aged , Morbidity , Neoplasms/complications , Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/complications , Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/drug therapy , Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/mortality , Retrospective Studies , Sex Factors , United States , White PeopleSubject(s)
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/microbiology , Lung Neoplasms/microbiology , Lung/microbiology , Pulmonary Emphysema/microbiology , Tobacco Mosaic Virus/isolation & purification , Antibodies/analysis , Complement Fixation Tests , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Hemagglutination Tests , Humans , Lung/analysis , Lung Diseases/immunology , Lung Diseases/microbiology , Smoking , Viral Proteins/analysisABSTRACT
A new macroscopic screening test for syphilis, the Latex-sts test, is extraordinarily simple. After inactivation of the patient's serum for 30 minutes at 56 degrees C the test is performed by mixing the patient's serum with latex particles coated with cardiolipin and a protein fraction obtained from the non-pathogenic Reiter strain of Treponema pallidum. Two to three minutes after mixing, the result of the test is observed on a ringed serologic plate. The sensitivity, specificity and reproducibility of the new test are equivalent to those of the qualitative Venereal Disease Research Laboratory tube test. The advantages of the Latex-sts are that it can be done in a short time, it is simple and it requires a minimum of laboratory equipment. The coated latex particles are stable for 12 months.