With gene engineering EB virus membrane antigen as the diagnostic antigen, indirect immunofluo-rescence (IF) assay was used to detect IgA antibody against EB virus membrane antigen (MA-IgA) in sera from 202 nasopharyn...With gene engineering EB virus membrane antigen as the diagnostic antigen, indirect immunofluo-rescence (IF) assay was used to detect IgA antibody against EB virus membrane antigen (MA-IgA) in sera from 202 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients and 315 controls (normal and patients with other tumors). MA-IgA antibody was positive in 96.8% of the pretreatment NPC patients with a GMT of 1:36.3. MA-IgA detection by this method was more sensitive than EA-IgA detection by IE. In contrast, patients with tumors other than NPC were negative for MA-IgA antibody. 9.1% of VCA-IgA positive persons were MA-IgA positive with a GMT of less than 1:5. No MA-IgA positive was found in VCA-IgA negatives. The results indicated that this method was relatively specific. In the treatment group, the positive rate and GMT of MA-IgA antibody declined with increase in survival time and the decline was faster than VCA-IgA. When recurrence or distant metastasis developed, similar to VCA-IgA and EA-IgA antibodies, the positive rate and GMT of MA-IgA antibody increased to its pretreatment level. Therefore, MA-IgA detection might be valuable in the early diagnosis and monitor of NPC.展开更多
This present study was designed to evaluate four different Blastomyces dermatitidis antibody-antigen combinations (B5896 and T-58 antibodies and B5896 and WI-R antigens) for the detection of antigen in 36 urine specim...This present study was designed to evaluate four different Blastomyces dermatitidis antibody-antigen combinations (B5896 and T-58 antibodies and B5896 and WI-R antigens) for the detection of antigen in 36 urine specimens from dogs with blastomycosis using a standard indirect ELISA (STD) and a biotin-streptavidin ELISA (B-SA). The antigen detection sensitivity values ranged from 81% (B-SA: T-58 Ab + WI-R Ag) to 100% (STD and B-SA: B5896 Ab + WI-R Ag;B5896 Ab + B5896 Ag) with the antibody-antigen combinations in the two assays. Optimal detection was evidenced when the B5896 Ab was allowed to react with the urine specimens for 30 min at 37?C and then placed in the B-SA ELISA plates containing the B5896 Ag. The greatest absorbance value obtained with this antibody-antigen com-bination was 0.903 (range of 0.596 - 0.903) as compared to the control value of 1.246. The difference between the control absorbance and the test absorbance values was 0.343 which was considerably greater than the control-test values with the other combinations. This study thus showed that the results obtained in antigen detection assays are dependent upon the antibody used to react with the urine specimens as well as the antigen used in the enzyme immunoassay.展开更多
Blastomyces dermatitidis, the causative agent of blastomycosis, a potentially lethal dimorphic fungal disease of humans and animals has been difficult to diagnose in the clinical laboratory. We are attempting to devel...Blastomyces dermatitidis, the causative agent of blastomycosis, a potentially lethal dimorphic fungal disease of humans and animals has been difficult to diagnose in the clinical laboratory. We are attempting to develop and improve immunodiagnostic assays by producing novel yeast lysate reagents for the detection of antibodies in blastomycosis. The objective of this study was to use lysate antigens prepared from four B. dermatitidis antigens isolated from dogs infected with blastomycosis from two different endemic areas (Wisconsin and Tennessee) testing for the detection of antibodies in serum specimens from immunized rabbits and infected dogs using the indirect ELISA. In the dog sera, absorbance values ranged from 0.774 to 1.350, while the rabbit sera values ranged from 0.533 to 1.191. Antigen T-58 appeared to lack any geographical specificity in antibody detection, which could prove useful in future immunodiagnostic detection of blastomycosis infections.展开更多
Blastomycosis, a systemic fungal disease, caused by the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis, has continually presented clinicians with concerns with regard to laboratory diagnosis and prevention. For years resea...Blastomycosis, a systemic fungal disease, caused by the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis, has continually presented clinicians with concerns with regard to laboratory diagnosis and prevention. For years researchers have strived to develop antigens with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity. The purpose of this study was to gain a bet- ter understanding of how two novel yeast lysate antigens, prepared from two B. dermatitidis isolates by different meth- ods, would be able to detect antibody responses in immunized rabbits in a specific and sensitive manner. The en- zyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to evaluate antibody in serum specimens with yeast lysate re- agents prepared after allowing yeast cells to lyse for 1 or 7 days. The results indicated that reactivity was greater with the day 7 antigens, with both the B5896 and 597 B. dermatitidis isolates, when compared to the day 1 antigens;in con- trast the day 1 preparations exhibited less cross reactivity when assayed against anti-Histoplasma capsulatum serum specimens.展开更多
Blastomycosis, the systemic fungal infection of humans and animals, has presented a diagnostic challenge to clinicians and laboratory personnel for many years. Our laboratory has been concentrating on attempting to de...Blastomycosis, the systemic fungal infection of humans and animals, has presented a diagnostic challenge to clinicians and laboratory personnel for many years. Our laboratory has been concentrating on attempting to develop antigenic reagents from the yeast phase of various isolates of Blastomyces dermatitidis and to evaluate these lysate antigens with regard to antibody detection in blastomycosis. The aim of this current study was to evaluate yeast phase antigens prepared from four dog isolates of B. dermatitidis and to evaluate their efficacy, when used individually or in combination, for antibody detection in sera from dogs with blastomycosis. Mean absorbance values using the ELISA to assay 24 serum specimens (Trial 1) ranged from 0.588 with an individual lysate antigen to 0.992 when three reagents were combined. Eight of the lysates exhibited mean absorbance values ranging from 0.992 to 0.915 with 7 out of 8 being lysate antigen combinations. Mean absorbance values with the other 6 lysates ranged from 0.899 to 0.588. In Trial 2, the 6 most sensitive reagents from Trial 1 were assayed against 10 highly reactive dog sera. The results of Trial 2 showed that 5 antigen combinations detected antibody to a greater degree than the individual lysate antigen. Combinations of northern and southern antigens were able to detect antibody in serum specimens from either of these geographical regions. Comparative studies are continuing to further evaluate various lysate antigen combinations for antibody detection in blastomycosis.展开更多
This present study was designed to evaluate B. dermatitidis antigens, prepared from two isolates (B5896, 597), when the yeast cells were allowed to lyse in distilled water for one day or seven days. The indirect enzym...This present study was designed to evaluate B. dermatitidis antigens, prepared from two isolates (B5896, 597), when the yeast cells were allowed to lyse in distilled water for one day or seven days. The indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine the ability of the lysate reagents to detect antibodies in 30 rabbit and 30 dog serum specimens. Mean absorbance values with B5896 lysate antigen ranged from 1.637 (day 1) to 1.461 (day 7) and absorbance values with 597 antigen ranged from 1.579(day 1) to 1.396 (day 7) with the serum specimens from immunized rabbits. Serum specimens from infected dogs yielded absorbance values ranging from 1.672 (day 1) to 1.763 (day 7) with the B5896 and values ranging from 1.909 (day 1) to 1.224 (day 7) with the 597. Optimal reactivity was obtained with the day 1 lysate using both lysate antigens against the rabbit sera and with the 597 antigen against the dog sera. Slightly greater reactivity was evidenced with the day 7 B5896 antigen when the dog sera was tested. Comparative studies are continuing in order to produce an optimal anti-genic preparation for antibody detection in blastomycosis.展开更多
Objective:To investigate the phenotype distribution of five antigens of Rh blood group system and the specificity of Rh blood group irregular antibodies in pregnant women with second child.To analyze the relationship ...Objective:To investigate the phenotype distribution of five antigens of Rh blood group system and the specificity of Rh blood group irregular antibodies in pregnant women with second child.To analyze the relationship between Rh blood group antibody and hemolytic disease of the newborn(HDN)in second-child pregnant women,and to provide laboratory basis for the diagnosis and treatment of hemolytic disease of the newborn(Rh-HDN).Methods:500 pregnant women with second child were collected as the study group and 500 pregnant women with first pregnancy as the control group(all pregnant women underwent obstetric examination in the integrated obsteric clinic of our hospital from January 2020 to January 2021).To detectethe Rh blood group antigens(D,C,c,E,e)of the two groups of samples,screene the irregular antibodies,identify the specificity of irregular antibodies,determine the titer and record the hemolytic disease of the newborn of pregnant women with positive Rh blood group antibodies.Results:There were 11 Rh phenotypes in the pregnant women with second child in the study group:CCDee(152cases,30.4%),CcDEe(136cases,27.2%)CcDee(84cases,16.8%),ccDEE(30cases,6%),ccDee(31cases,6.2%),CCDEe(14cases,2.8%),ccDEe(9cases,1.8%),cc dee(18cases,3.6%),CCDEE(2cases,0.4%),CcdEe(12cases,2.4%),Ccdee(6cases,1.2%),CCd ee(6cases,1.2%).A total of 42 cases(8.4%)in the pregnant women with second child were negative for RhD.There were 10 Rh phenotypes in the pregnant women with first pregnancy in the control group:CCDee(144cases,28.8%),CcDEe(138cases,27.6%),CcDee(90cases,18%),ccDEE(42cases,8.4%),ccDee(28cases,5.6%),CCDEe(10cases,2%),ccDEe(8cases,1.6%),cc dee(19cases,3.8%),CCDEE(1cases,0.2%),CcdEe(11cases,2.2%),Ccdee(9cases,1.8%).A total of 39 cases(7.8%)in the pregnant women with first pregnancy were negative for RhD.In the pregnant women with second child in the study group,the positive rate of irregular antibody screening was 4.0%(20/500),and the specificity of Rh blood group antibodies was found as follows:anti-E 1.8%(9/500),anti-D 1.4%(7/500),anti-C 0.4%(2/500)and anti-Ec 0.4%(2/500).The positive rate of irregular antibody screening in the pregnant women with first pregnancy in the control group was 0,and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant(P<0.05).Rh-HDN was found in 10 newborns(2%)of the 20 women with positive irregular antibodies in the pregnant women with second child,and the antibody titer during pregnancy was more than 32.No Rh-HDN occurred in newborns in the pregnant women with first pregnancy,and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion:Pregnancy stimulation can increase the probability of irregular antibodies in pregnant women,and irregular antibodies in Rh blood group can easily cause Rh-HDN,so attention should be paid to routine detection of five antigens of Rh blood group and irregular antibody screening during prenatal examination.It is helpful for the early detection of Rh-blood irregular antibodies and the assessment of fetal or neonatal risk of Rh-HDN.展开更多
Blastomycosis, the systemic fungal disease of humans and animals caused by <i>Blastomyces dermatitidis </i>and the cryptic species <i>Blastomyces gilchristii</i><span>,<i> </i>...Blastomycosis, the systemic fungal disease of humans and animals caused by <i>Blastomyces dermatitidis </i>and the cryptic species <i>Blastomyces gilchristii</i><span>,<i> </i></span>is often misdiagnosed as a bacterial or viral pulmonary disease. Therefore, the development of improved immunodiagnostic assays for this disease has been the primary focus of research in our laboratory. The present study was designed to evaluate four <span>Blastomyces</span> yeast-phase lysate antigenic preparations (human, 597, Eagle River, WI;dog, ERC-2, WI;Human, B5927, Mountain Iron, MN;soil, 85, Georgia, ATCC 56920) for their ability to detect antibody in 48 serum specimens from dogs with diagnosed blastomycosis using an indirect ELISA (STD) compared to a biotin-streptavidin ELISA (B-SA). All four lysate antigens were able to detect antibod<span style="font-family:;" "="">ies</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> in the specimens with mean absorbance values ranging from 0.930 (B5927) to 1.142 (ERC-2) with the STD ELSA and from 1.395 (B5927) to 1.775 (85) with the B-SA ELISA. The results indicated that both ELISA methods could be utilized for antibody detection, but the B-SA ELISA exhibited greater sensitivity than the STD ELISA with all four of the lysates.</span>展开更多
Monoclonal antibodies against colon and pancreatic cancer, CL-2, CL-3, PS-9, PS-10, were used to detect the associated antigens in feces of patients with gastrointestinal carcinoma and non-cancer diseases. Binding inh...Monoclonal antibodies against colon and pancreatic cancer, CL-2, CL-3, PS-9, PS-10, were used to detect the associated antigens in feces of patients with gastrointestinal carcinoma and non-cancer diseases. Binding inhibition test by SABC-ELISA method were performed for the measurement of the antigen level. Results showed that the associated antigen detected in feces of patients with colon cancer were significantly higher than that of non-cancer disease or normal subjects. The positive rates were 61.1% as detected with CL-2; 53.4% with CL-3; 55.0%, PS-9; and 53.3% PS-10 in cancer patients while that in normal subjects were 7%; 9%; 8%; and 8% respectively. When 'cocktail' of CL-2, PS-9 and PS-10 were used, the positive rates were 92.5% in colon cancer and 14% in normal subjects. In seven out of the sixty patients with colon cancer studied who were graded as Dukes A, the results were all positive. The results seem superior to the serologic detection and may provide a promising new approach in the early diagnosis of colon cancer.展开更多
AIM:To detect Salmonella enteritidis (S. enteritidis) in paraffin slices and antigen location in infected duck tissues. METHODS:Rabbits were immunized with purified bacillus to obtain S. enteritidis-specific antibody,...AIM:To detect Salmonella enteritidis (S. enteritidis) in paraffin slices and antigen location in infected duck tissues. METHODS:Rabbits were immunized with purified bacillus to obtain S. enteritidis-specific antibody, which were then extracted by the caprylic-ammonium sulphate method, purified through High-Q columns. An indirect immuno-fluorescent staining method (IFA) was established to detect the S. enteritidis antigen in paraffin slices. S. enteritidis was detected in each organ tissue of ducklings experimentally infected with S. enteritidis. RESULTS:The gland of Garder, heart, kidney, spleen, liver, brain, ileum, jejunum, bursa of Fabricius from S. enteritidis experimentally infected ducklings were positive or strongly positive, and the S. enteritidis antigen was mainly distributed in the infected cell cytoplasm.CONCLUSION:IFA is an intuitionist, sensitive and specific method in detecting S. enteritidis antigen in paraffin wax slices, and it is a good method in diagnosis and antigen location of S. enteritidis. We also conclude that the gland of Garder, heart, kidney, spleen, liver, ileum, jejunum are target organs in S. enteritidis infections of duck, and S. enteritidis is an intracellular parasitic bacterium.展开更多
Blastomycosis and histoplasmosis manifest as lung and systemic fungal infections in mammals caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, and Blastomyces dermatitidis. These infections exhibit cross reactivity of antibodies which...Blastomycosis and histoplasmosis manifest as lung and systemic fungal infections in mammals caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, and Blastomyces dermatitidis. These infections exhibit cross reactivity of antibodies which makes a correct diagnosis potentially elusive. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of which isoelectric focusing fractions (RotoforTM) of B. dermatitidis were reactive or cross reactive with serum specimens from dogs infected with B. dermatitidis, H. capsulatum, and Cryptococcus neoformans. Three serum specimens from dogs that were infected with B. dermatitidis, two dogs infected with H. capsulatum, and one dog infected with C. neoformans were assayed against the 20 B. dermatitidis RotoforTM fractions. Reactivity was determined using the indirect enzyme linked immunoassay (ELISA). Reactivity with B. dermatitidis was found predominantly in the protein fractions 1 - 6, and cross reactivity with H. capsulatum, and C. neoformans sera was found within the B. dermatitidis protein fractions 15 - 19.展开更多
The systemic fungal organism, Blastomyces dermatitidis causes blastomycosis in animals and hu-mans. This study was designed to evaluate antibody detection in 55 serial serum specimens from 9 dogs with blastomycosis us...The systemic fungal organism, Blastomyces dermatitidis causes blastomycosis in animals and hu-mans. This study was designed to evaluate antibody detection in 55 serial serum specimens from 9 dogs with blastomycosis using B. dermatitidis yeast lysate antigens produced from two human isolates (B5896;B5931) and two dog isolates (ERC-2;T-58) with the indirect enzyme linked im-munosorbent assay (ELISA;peroxidase system) to determine an optimal lysate antigen(s) for use in the ELISA to detect antibody in the dog serum specimens. The mean absorbance values when the lysate antigens were compared with respect to their ability to detect antibody in the day 0 sera from the 9 dogs were 1.024 (ERC-2), 1.351 (B5896), 1.700 (B5931) and 2.084 (T-58) respectively. All of the reagents exhibited a high level of sensitivity and in all instances the amount of antibody declined as the time interval post-treatment increased, but the T-58 lysate prepared from the dog isolate from Tennessee was the optimal reagent. We continue to evaluate antigens for B. derma-titidis antibody detection in different immunodiagnostic assays.展开更多
文摘With gene engineering EB virus membrane antigen as the diagnostic antigen, indirect immunofluo-rescence (IF) assay was used to detect IgA antibody against EB virus membrane antigen (MA-IgA) in sera from 202 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients and 315 controls (normal and patients with other tumors). MA-IgA antibody was positive in 96.8% of the pretreatment NPC patients with a GMT of 1:36.3. MA-IgA detection by this method was more sensitive than EA-IgA detection by IE. In contrast, patients with tumors other than NPC were negative for MA-IgA antibody. 9.1% of VCA-IgA positive persons were MA-IgA positive with a GMT of less than 1:5. No MA-IgA positive was found in VCA-IgA negatives. The results indicated that this method was relatively specific. In the treatment group, the positive rate and GMT of MA-IgA antibody declined with increase in survival time and the decline was faster than VCA-IgA. When recurrence or distant metastasis developed, similar to VCA-IgA and EA-IgA antibodies, the positive rate and GMT of MA-IgA antibody increased to its pretreatment level. Therefore, MA-IgA detection might be valuable in the early diagnosis and monitor of NPC.
文摘This present study was designed to evaluate four different Blastomyces dermatitidis antibody-antigen combinations (B5896 and T-58 antibodies and B5896 and WI-R antigens) for the detection of antigen in 36 urine specimens from dogs with blastomycosis using a standard indirect ELISA (STD) and a biotin-streptavidin ELISA (B-SA). The antigen detection sensitivity values ranged from 81% (B-SA: T-58 Ab + WI-R Ag) to 100% (STD and B-SA: B5896 Ab + WI-R Ag;B5896 Ab + B5896 Ag) with the antibody-antigen combinations in the two assays. Optimal detection was evidenced when the B5896 Ab was allowed to react with the urine specimens for 30 min at 37?C and then placed in the B-SA ELISA plates containing the B5896 Ag. The greatest absorbance value obtained with this antibody-antigen com-bination was 0.903 (range of 0.596 - 0.903) as compared to the control value of 1.246. The difference between the control absorbance and the test absorbance values was 0.343 which was considerably greater than the control-test values with the other combinations. This study thus showed that the results obtained in antigen detection assays are dependent upon the antibody used to react with the urine specimens as well as the antigen used in the enzyme immunoassay.
文摘Blastomyces dermatitidis, the causative agent of blastomycosis, a potentially lethal dimorphic fungal disease of humans and animals has been difficult to diagnose in the clinical laboratory. We are attempting to develop and improve immunodiagnostic assays by producing novel yeast lysate reagents for the detection of antibodies in blastomycosis. The objective of this study was to use lysate antigens prepared from four B. dermatitidis antigens isolated from dogs infected with blastomycosis from two different endemic areas (Wisconsin and Tennessee) testing for the detection of antibodies in serum specimens from immunized rabbits and infected dogs using the indirect ELISA. In the dog sera, absorbance values ranged from 0.774 to 1.350, while the rabbit sera values ranged from 0.533 to 1.191. Antigen T-58 appeared to lack any geographical specificity in antibody detection, which could prove useful in future immunodiagnostic detection of blastomycosis infections.
文摘Blastomycosis, a systemic fungal disease, caused by the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis, has continually presented clinicians with concerns with regard to laboratory diagnosis and prevention. For years researchers have strived to develop antigens with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity. The purpose of this study was to gain a bet- ter understanding of how two novel yeast lysate antigens, prepared from two B. dermatitidis isolates by different meth- ods, would be able to detect antibody responses in immunized rabbits in a specific and sensitive manner. The en- zyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to evaluate antibody in serum specimens with yeast lysate re- agents prepared after allowing yeast cells to lyse for 1 or 7 days. The results indicated that reactivity was greater with the day 7 antigens, with both the B5896 and 597 B. dermatitidis isolates, when compared to the day 1 antigens;in con- trast the day 1 preparations exhibited less cross reactivity when assayed against anti-Histoplasma capsulatum serum specimens.
文摘Blastomycosis, the systemic fungal infection of humans and animals, has presented a diagnostic challenge to clinicians and laboratory personnel for many years. Our laboratory has been concentrating on attempting to develop antigenic reagents from the yeast phase of various isolates of Blastomyces dermatitidis and to evaluate these lysate antigens with regard to antibody detection in blastomycosis. The aim of this current study was to evaluate yeast phase antigens prepared from four dog isolates of B. dermatitidis and to evaluate their efficacy, when used individually or in combination, for antibody detection in sera from dogs with blastomycosis. Mean absorbance values using the ELISA to assay 24 serum specimens (Trial 1) ranged from 0.588 with an individual lysate antigen to 0.992 when three reagents were combined. Eight of the lysates exhibited mean absorbance values ranging from 0.992 to 0.915 with 7 out of 8 being lysate antigen combinations. Mean absorbance values with the other 6 lysates ranged from 0.899 to 0.588. In Trial 2, the 6 most sensitive reagents from Trial 1 were assayed against 10 highly reactive dog sera. The results of Trial 2 showed that 5 antigen combinations detected antibody to a greater degree than the individual lysate antigen. Combinations of northern and southern antigens were able to detect antibody in serum specimens from either of these geographical regions. Comparative studies are continuing to further evaluate various lysate antigen combinations for antibody detection in blastomycosis.
文摘This present study was designed to evaluate B. dermatitidis antigens, prepared from two isolates (B5896, 597), when the yeast cells were allowed to lyse in distilled water for one day or seven days. The indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine the ability of the lysate reagents to detect antibodies in 30 rabbit and 30 dog serum specimens. Mean absorbance values with B5896 lysate antigen ranged from 1.637 (day 1) to 1.461 (day 7) and absorbance values with 597 antigen ranged from 1.579(day 1) to 1.396 (day 7) with the serum specimens from immunized rabbits. Serum specimens from infected dogs yielded absorbance values ranging from 1.672 (day 1) to 1.763 (day 7) with the B5896 and values ranging from 1.909 (day 1) to 1.224 (day 7) with the 597. Optimal reactivity was obtained with the day 1 lysate using both lysate antigens against the rabbit sera and with the 597 antigen against the dog sera. Slightly greater reactivity was evidenced with the day 7 B5896 antigen when the dog sera was tested. Comparative studies are continuing in order to produce an optimal anti-genic preparation for antibody detection in blastomycosis.
基金Youth Fund Program of Hainan Provincial Natural Science Fundation of China(No.820QN410)。
文摘Objective:To investigate the phenotype distribution of five antigens of Rh blood group system and the specificity of Rh blood group irregular antibodies in pregnant women with second child.To analyze the relationship between Rh blood group antibody and hemolytic disease of the newborn(HDN)in second-child pregnant women,and to provide laboratory basis for the diagnosis and treatment of hemolytic disease of the newborn(Rh-HDN).Methods:500 pregnant women with second child were collected as the study group and 500 pregnant women with first pregnancy as the control group(all pregnant women underwent obstetric examination in the integrated obsteric clinic of our hospital from January 2020 to January 2021).To detectethe Rh blood group antigens(D,C,c,E,e)of the two groups of samples,screene the irregular antibodies,identify the specificity of irregular antibodies,determine the titer and record the hemolytic disease of the newborn of pregnant women with positive Rh blood group antibodies.Results:There were 11 Rh phenotypes in the pregnant women with second child in the study group:CCDee(152cases,30.4%),CcDEe(136cases,27.2%)CcDee(84cases,16.8%),ccDEE(30cases,6%),ccDee(31cases,6.2%),CCDEe(14cases,2.8%),ccDEe(9cases,1.8%),cc dee(18cases,3.6%),CCDEE(2cases,0.4%),CcdEe(12cases,2.4%),Ccdee(6cases,1.2%),CCd ee(6cases,1.2%).A total of 42 cases(8.4%)in the pregnant women with second child were negative for RhD.There were 10 Rh phenotypes in the pregnant women with first pregnancy in the control group:CCDee(144cases,28.8%),CcDEe(138cases,27.6%),CcDee(90cases,18%),ccDEE(42cases,8.4%),ccDee(28cases,5.6%),CCDEe(10cases,2%),ccDEe(8cases,1.6%),cc dee(19cases,3.8%),CCDEE(1cases,0.2%),CcdEe(11cases,2.2%),Ccdee(9cases,1.8%).A total of 39 cases(7.8%)in the pregnant women with first pregnancy were negative for RhD.In the pregnant women with second child in the study group,the positive rate of irregular antibody screening was 4.0%(20/500),and the specificity of Rh blood group antibodies was found as follows:anti-E 1.8%(9/500),anti-D 1.4%(7/500),anti-C 0.4%(2/500)and anti-Ec 0.4%(2/500).The positive rate of irregular antibody screening in the pregnant women with first pregnancy in the control group was 0,and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant(P<0.05).Rh-HDN was found in 10 newborns(2%)of the 20 women with positive irregular antibodies in the pregnant women with second child,and the antibody titer during pregnancy was more than 32.No Rh-HDN occurred in newborns in the pregnant women with first pregnancy,and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion:Pregnancy stimulation can increase the probability of irregular antibodies in pregnant women,and irregular antibodies in Rh blood group can easily cause Rh-HDN,so attention should be paid to routine detection of five antigens of Rh blood group and irregular antibody screening during prenatal examination.It is helpful for the early detection of Rh-blood irregular antibodies and the assessment of fetal or neonatal risk of Rh-HDN.
文摘Blastomycosis, the systemic fungal disease of humans and animals caused by <i>Blastomyces dermatitidis </i>and the cryptic species <i>Blastomyces gilchristii</i><span>,<i> </i></span>is often misdiagnosed as a bacterial or viral pulmonary disease. Therefore, the development of improved immunodiagnostic assays for this disease has been the primary focus of research in our laboratory. The present study was designed to evaluate four <span>Blastomyces</span> yeast-phase lysate antigenic preparations (human, 597, Eagle River, WI;dog, ERC-2, WI;Human, B5927, Mountain Iron, MN;soil, 85, Georgia, ATCC 56920) for their ability to detect antibody in 48 serum specimens from dogs with diagnosed blastomycosis using an indirect ELISA (STD) compared to a biotin-streptavidin ELISA (B-SA). All four lysate antigens were able to detect antibod<span style="font-family:;" "="">ies</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> in the specimens with mean absorbance values ranging from 0.930 (B5927) to 1.142 (ERC-2) with the STD ELSA and from 1.395 (B5927) to 1.775 (85) with the B-SA ELISA. The results indicated that both ELISA methods could be utilized for antibody detection, but the B-SA ELISA exhibited greater sensitivity than the STD ELISA with all four of the lysates.</span>
文摘Monoclonal antibodies against colon and pancreatic cancer, CL-2, CL-3, PS-9, PS-10, were used to detect the associated antigens in feces of patients with gastrointestinal carcinoma and non-cancer diseases. Binding inhibition test by SABC-ELISA method were performed for the measurement of the antigen level. Results showed that the associated antigen detected in feces of patients with colon cancer were significantly higher than that of non-cancer disease or normal subjects. The positive rates were 61.1% as detected with CL-2; 53.4% with CL-3; 55.0%, PS-9; and 53.3% PS-10 in cancer patients while that in normal subjects were 7%; 9%; 8%; and 8% respectively. When 'cocktail' of CL-2, PS-9 and PS-10 were used, the positive rates were 92.5% in colon cancer and 14% in normal subjects. In seven out of the sixty patients with colon cancer studied who were graded as Dukes A, the results were all positive. The results seem superior to the serologic detection and may provide a promising new approach in the early diagnosis of colon cancer.
基金the National Key Technology R&D Program of China, No. 2004BA 901A 03National Scientific and Sechnical Support Program, No. 2007Z06-017+3 种基金The Cultvation Fund of the Key Scientific and Technical Innovation Project & Ministry of Education of China, No. 706050Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, No. NCET-04-0906/NCET-06-0818Sichuan Province Basic Research Program, No. 04JY0290061/07JY029-017Program for Key Disciplines Construction of Sichuan Province No. SZD0418
文摘AIM:To detect Salmonella enteritidis (S. enteritidis) in paraffin slices and antigen location in infected duck tissues. METHODS:Rabbits were immunized with purified bacillus to obtain S. enteritidis-specific antibody, which were then extracted by the caprylic-ammonium sulphate method, purified through High-Q columns. An indirect immuno-fluorescent staining method (IFA) was established to detect the S. enteritidis antigen in paraffin slices. S. enteritidis was detected in each organ tissue of ducklings experimentally infected with S. enteritidis. RESULTS:The gland of Garder, heart, kidney, spleen, liver, brain, ileum, jejunum, bursa of Fabricius from S. enteritidis experimentally infected ducklings were positive or strongly positive, and the S. enteritidis antigen was mainly distributed in the infected cell cytoplasm.CONCLUSION:IFA is an intuitionist, sensitive and specific method in detecting S. enteritidis antigen in paraffin wax slices, and it is a good method in diagnosis and antigen location of S. enteritidis. We also conclude that the gland of Garder, heart, kidney, spleen, liver, ileum, jejunum are target organs in S. enteritidis infections of duck, and S. enteritidis is an intracellular parasitic bacterium.
文摘Blastomycosis and histoplasmosis manifest as lung and systemic fungal infections in mammals caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, and Blastomyces dermatitidis. These infections exhibit cross reactivity of antibodies which makes a correct diagnosis potentially elusive. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of which isoelectric focusing fractions (RotoforTM) of B. dermatitidis were reactive or cross reactive with serum specimens from dogs infected with B. dermatitidis, H. capsulatum, and Cryptococcus neoformans. Three serum specimens from dogs that were infected with B. dermatitidis, two dogs infected with H. capsulatum, and one dog infected with C. neoformans were assayed against the 20 B. dermatitidis RotoforTM fractions. Reactivity was determined using the indirect enzyme linked immunoassay (ELISA). Reactivity with B. dermatitidis was found predominantly in the protein fractions 1 - 6, and cross reactivity with H. capsulatum, and C. neoformans sera was found within the B. dermatitidis protein fractions 15 - 19.
文摘The systemic fungal organism, Blastomyces dermatitidis causes blastomycosis in animals and hu-mans. This study was designed to evaluate antibody detection in 55 serial serum specimens from 9 dogs with blastomycosis using B. dermatitidis yeast lysate antigens produced from two human isolates (B5896;B5931) and two dog isolates (ERC-2;T-58) with the indirect enzyme linked im-munosorbent assay (ELISA;peroxidase system) to determine an optimal lysate antigen(s) for use in the ELISA to detect antibody in the dog serum specimens. The mean absorbance values when the lysate antigens were compared with respect to their ability to detect antibody in the day 0 sera from the 9 dogs were 1.024 (ERC-2), 1.351 (B5896), 1.700 (B5931) and 2.084 (T-58) respectively. All of the reagents exhibited a high level of sensitivity and in all instances the amount of antibody declined as the time interval post-treatment increased, but the T-58 lysate prepared from the dog isolate from Tennessee was the optimal reagent. We continue to evaluate antigens for B. derma-titidis antibody detection in different immunodiagnostic assays.