DIAGNOSIS OF TOXIC GASTRO-ENTERITIS DUE TO PATHOGENIC COLIBACILLI IN INFANTS BY MEANS OF IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE
Abstract
Immunofluorescence, a modern bacteriological method, supplements the conventional methods of biochemical and serological isolation and identification by gaining valuable time. The pathological product is spread on the slide (stool scrapings); a specific fluorescent serum of the organism being investigated is agitated. If the organisms corresponding to the serotype used are present, they appear fluorescent only in the UV microscope in an environment of all the other organisms which remain invisible. This is how bacteriological diagnosis by immunofluorescence is schematized to the extreme. The orientation diagnosis is obtained within less than 2 hours.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 23, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0834641
Entities
People
- Bernard Goiffon
- Claude De La Vaissiere
Organizations
- United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories