The Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology (대한미생물학회지)

The Korea Society for Microbiology (대한미생물학회)
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Shigella Antibody Titers in Korean with or Without Diarrhea

한국인(韓國人)의 건강인(健康人) 및 설사환자(泄瀉患者)의 Shigella 항체가(抗體價)

  • Ha, Tai-You (Dept. of Bacteriology Chonnam University Medical School) ;
  • Chung, Sun-Sik (Dept. of Bacteriology Chonnam University Medical School)
  • 하대유 (전남대학교 의과대학 세균학교실) ;
  • 정선식 (전남대학교 의과대학 세균학교실)
  • Published : 1968.12.31
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Abstract

Shigella antibodies in 50 sera from healthy persons and 110 sera from patients with diarrhea were tested using microdetermination of the indirect bacterial hemagglutination with the polyvalent antigen, and the following results were obtained. A survey of sera collected from healthy persons revealed that 4% had positive titers, 1:64 or above, to Shig. flexneri, Shig. dysenteriae, and Shig. boydii, respectively, whereas all subjects were negative for Shig. sonnei, less than 1:64. Namely, 6 cases among the 50 subjects were positive. Among the patients with diarrhea, positive antibody titers were demonstrated in 29.9% against Shig. flexneri, 11.9% against Shig. boydii, 7.2% against Shig. dysenteriae, and 6.4% aginst Shig. sonnei, respectively. Therfoe, the total positive cases were 55.4% among 110 subjects. No correlation between Shigella and Salmonella antibody titers among patients with dirrhea was found.

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