TY - JOUR T1 - Serological tests in the differentiation of staphylococcal and tuberculous bone disease. JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 284 LP - 288 DO - 10.1136/jcp.28.4.284 VL - 28 IS - 4 AU - A G Taylor AU - J Cook AU - W J Fincham AU - F J Millard Y1 - 1975/04/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/28/4/284.abstract N2 - The haemagglutination test for antileucocidin is frequently positive in cases of bone tuberculosis in the absence of obvious staphylococcal infection. This test is therefore of little practical use in the differentiation of staphylococcal and tuberculous bone disease, and its use has been discontinued at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. The antigamma haemolysin test in bone tuberculosis appears to give rise to few false positive results. Our observations confirm that the anti-alpha haemolysin and antigamma haemolysin tests used together reveal about 80 percent of cases of staphylococcal bone infection on first presentation or relapse. ER -