Rose Bengal plate agglutination and counterimmunoelectrophoresis tests on spinal fluid in the diagnosis of Brucella meningitis

Rose Bengal and counterimmunoelectrophoresis, two tests that detect antibodies against different structural antigens, when carried out on spinal fluid permitted rapid diagnosis of human Brucella meningitis. The Rose Bengal test was positive in five out of five patients studied, and counterimmunoelec...

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Autores: Diaz, R. (Ramón)|||/items/5326d716-1718-4b1a-adf2-64bb72a0861c, Maravi-Poma, E. (Enrique)|||/items/375e0c6d-7bc8-4f31-ac3b-c11dbe63be8c, Delgado, G. (Gabriel)|||/items/a3429ced-f8dc-46d3-8ca5-db18642f9263, Rivero, A. (Antonio)|||/items/3fa0f5d4-aa11-4a5a-99d4-b7213067079b
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1978
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/29438
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/29438
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agglutination tests
Brucellosis diagnosis
Cerebrospinal fluid immunology
Counterimmunoelectrophoresis
Immunoelectrophoresis
Meningitis diagnosis
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Sumario:Rose Bengal and counterimmunoelectrophoresis, two tests that detect antibodies against different structural antigens, when carried out on spinal fluid permitted rapid diagnosis of human Brucella meningitis. The Rose Bengal test was positive in five out of five patients studied, and counterimmunoelectrophoresis was positive in all but one. The Brucella meningitis was characterized by an increase of immunoglobulin G in the cerebrospinal fluid.