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An Agar Diffusion Method for the Determination Of Antibodies Against Staphylococcus Aureus Deoxyribonuclease
En agardiffusjonsmetode for bestemmelse au antistoffer mot Staphylococcus aureus deoxyribonuklease
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 18, pages 480–493 (1977)
Abstract
On the addition of small concentrations of deoxyribonuclease, produced by Staphylococcus aureus, to Toluidine Blue DNA agar, a medium is produced on which antibodies against S. aureus deoxyribonuclease may be detected. When samples of milk, or blood serum, containing antibodies against S. aureus are applied into wells in the agar, the deoxyribonuclease activity is inhibited by the antibodies diffusing into the agar. As a result of this inhibition, blue zones are produced around the wells in the otherwise bluish-red agar. The diameters of the zones correspond to the concentrations of antibodies, and the method may consequently be used for qualitative and quantitative examinations of antibodies against S. aureus deoxyribonuclease in milk and serum. The procedure and certain limitations of the method are described.
Sammendrag
Et medium for påvisning av antistoff mot deoxyribonuklease produsert av Staphylococcus aureus kan lages ved å tilsette lave konsentrasjoner av stafylokokk-deoxyribonuklease til toluidinblått-DNA-agar. Når prøver av melk eller blodserum dryppes ut i brønner i agaren, vil antistoffene som diffunderer ut i mediet, hemme virkningen av deoxyribonuklease. Som en følge af dette vil det utvikles blå soner rundt brønnene i det ellers blå-røde mediet. Diameteren på sonene vil avhenge av konsentrasjonen av antistoff og metoden kan derfor benyttes ved kvalitative og kvantitative undersøkelser av antistoff mot stafylokokk-deoxyribonuklease i melk og serum. Metoden og enkelte begrensninger ved den er beskrevet.
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Gudding, R. An Agar Diffusion Method for the Determination Of Antibodies Against Staphylococcus Aureus Deoxyribonuclease. Acta Vet Scand 18, 480–493 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548411
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