Antigenic hemagglutination inhibition test in examining of the culture supernatants of Clostridium botulinum types A, B, E, and F and some related bacterial species
Reiss, J.; Wojtyła, B.; Lipko, A.
Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis 31(4): 531-539
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-069X PMID: 6200089 Document Number: 220498
The hemagglutination inhibition test using lyophilized preparations of the double botulinal indicator system (antigen-sensitized erythrocytes and type-specific homologous antitoxic globulin) was used to identify C. botulinum type A, B, E and F culture supernatants and the supernatants of other related bacteria. In the examined indicator hemagglutination system, the type-specific results were obtained in spite of the existence of antigenic cross-reactivity known inside the genus Clostridium. Absence of the hemagglutination-inhibition reaction of the botulinal indicator system with cultured supernatants of the protein A-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains was discussed.