The Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology (대한미생물학회지)

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Agglutinating Antibody to Propionibacterium acnes Serotype I and Serotype II in Normal Human Sera

정상인(正常人) 혈청(血淸)의 Propionibacterium acnes Serotype I 및 Serotype II에 대한 항체(抗體)

  • Choi, Chul-S. (Department of Microbiology, Chung-Ang University Medical School) ;
  • Seo, Yang-Y. (Department of Microbiology, Chung-Ang University Medical School) ;
  • Yang, Yong-T. (Department of Microbiology, Chung-Ang University Medical Schoo)
  • 최철순 (중앙대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실) ;
  • 서용열 (중앙대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실) ;
  • 양용태 (중앙대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실)
  • Published : 1979.12.31
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Abstract

Antibodies to Propionibacterium acnes(Corynebacterium parvum) serotype I and serotype II in normal human sera were measured using a microtitre bacterial agglutination test. Of 168 sera tested, 53 sera(31.0%) exhibited higher agglutinin titres to serotype I than to serotype II and 34 sera(20.2%) gave higher titers to serotype II than to serotype I. Eighty-one sera(48.3%), however, showed similar antibody titres to both types. Antibodies to serotype I(x) and serotype II(y) showed high correlation(r=0.73, p<0.01) and regression equation was Y=1,078+0.73X. The mean antibody titre($log_2$) of 529 normal sera(male 447 and female 82) to serotype I was $5.49{\pm}1.36$, but there was no significant difference between male($5.45{\pm}1.36$) and female($5.74{\pm}1.36$). Bacterial agglutinin to Propionibacterium acnes in normal sera belonged to a 2-mercaptoethanol resistant IgG class.

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