Title | The use of monoclonal antibodies in the diagnosis of partially treated Pseudomonas aeruginosa meningitis: patient report. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1986 |
Authors | Bermudez, LE |
Journal | Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas médicas e biológicas / Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica ... [et al.] |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 2 |
Pagination | 159-65 |
Date Published | 1986 |
Keywords | Pseudomonas Infections |
Abstract | The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of mouse anti-pseudomonas monoclonal antibodies to detect small numbers of pathogenic pseudomonas in the spinal fluid of a patient who had been treated with antibiotics for meningitis. Anti-605 monoclonal antibody against Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAC 605, a rough mutant, showed sensitivity similar to that of anti-Fisher 1 monoclonal antibody in detecting P. aeruginosa Fisher 1 antigens in boiled spinal fluid drawn from a patient with a P. aeruginosa perispinal abscess and partially treated meningitis. |