학술논문
The utility of a country-specific Bartonella henselae antigen in an IgM-indirect fluorescent antibody assay for the improved diagnosis of cat scratch disease.
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Article
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Subject
*CAT-scratch disease
*BARTONELLA henselae
*IMMUNOGLOBULIN M
*FLUORESCENT antibody technique
*COMPARATIVE studies
*DIAGNOSIS
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ISSN
0732-8893
Abstract
Bartonella henselae strains genetically differ among nations. The utility of Japanese-specific YH-01 strain was investigated in developing indirect fluorescence antibody assay (IFA) for IgM in comparison with conventional IFA employing Houston-1 strain by testing 100 Japanese patients suspected of cat scratch disease. The countryspecific IFA greatly improved the accuracy of diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]