IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES ON CRYPTOCOCCOSIS. REPORT NO. 1. STUDIES ON THE EXTRACTION AND PURIFICATION METHODS OF THE POLYSACCHARIDE FRACTION FROM CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS AND ON THE APPLICATION OF THE ANTIGEN FOR IMMUNOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL CRYPTOCOCCOSIS,

Abstract

To study immonological diagnosis of Cr. neoformans infection the polysaccharide fraction was extracted, purified from Cr. neoformans no. 2617 strain and used as an antigen for skin and precipitin reaction of the immunized rabbit. As a result of this experiment, the skin reaction was parallel to its precipitin reaction. Therefore, it is suggested that the polysaccharide fraction could be utilized as an antigen to diagnose human cryptococcosis infection. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 16, 1966
Accession Number
AD0837473

Entities

People

  • Hosaku Yanai

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antibodies
  • Bacterial Infections And Mycoses
  • Biomolecules
  • Biopolymers
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Extraction
  • Infection
  • Macromolecules
  • Molecules
  • Mycoses
  • Polymers
  • Polysaccharides
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Biology

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