ANTIMICROBIAL SUBSTANCES IN SALIVA AND ORAL TISSUES
Abstract
Hemagglutinins and bacterial agglutinins to indigenous and pathogenic bacteria were titrated in serum and saliva of several subjects. Serum titers were uniform and moderately high, salivary titers were low and irregularly distributed among subjects. Many antibodes were non-specific, common. Finer details of antigenic relations were elucidated by animal experiment. Rabbits injected with bacteria either indigenous or pathogenic to man produced hemagglutinins all of which were common, whereas among agglutinins those which corresponded to the injected antigens were specific. Common agglutinins and precipitins, both different from the common hemagglutinins, were also produced. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 31, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0268653
Entities
People
- Frederick W. Kraus
Organizations
- University of Alabama at Birmingham