You are here

  • Home
  • Archive
  • Volume 37, Issue 5
  • Anomalous results using countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis for the detection of pneumococcal antigen in Bactec blood culture media.

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Research Article
Anomalous results using countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis for the detection of pneumococcal antigen in Bactec blood culture media.
  1. W C Chiang,
  2. G S Tillotson,
  3. M G Keaney,
  4. L A Ganguli

    Abstract

    On examination of Bactec blood cultures for pneumococcal antigen by countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis the consistent presence of a non-specific protein band caused problems with the interpretation of results, even in laboratories experienced in performing countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis. When the Bactec blood culture system is used, countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis should not be relied on for the detection of pneumococcal antigen.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.37.5.571

    Statistics from Altmetric.com

      Request Permissions

      If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.