Comparison of agglutination, complement fixation and immunofluorescence tests in Campylobacter jejuni infections
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 88 (2), 165-171
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400070042
Abstract
Good antibody responses usually follow infection with Campylobacter jejuni. A comparison of agglutination, complement fixation and immunofluorescence tests was done on 55 sera from 40 sporadic patients with diarrhoeal disease and positive cultures for C. jejuni. Results showed 82% positive with immunofluorescence, 62% by complement fixation but only 38% by agglutination, using two reference strains COP and MEL as antigens. Overall 90% of the 40 patients were positive by one or more serological tests. Paired sera from 15 patients showed a fourfold or greater rise in only five, confirming previous observations that antibody formation occurs early in the course of infection. Results also suggest that different test systems may be detecting antibodies of different specificities. Results confirm the value of serological tests, but further information on serotypes is required for selection of suitable reference strains.Keywords
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