01353nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002600059653002400085653003300109653003200142653001100174653001100185653002000196653002600216653001200242653000900254653002500263653003100288100002100319700002000340700002200360700001200382700001300394245010600407856004100513300001100554490000700565520042900572022001401001       1976                            d  c1976 Oct-Dec10aAntibodies, Bacterial10aAntigens, Bacterial10aCounterimmunoelectrophoresis10aEvaluation Studies as Topic10aFemale10aHumans10aImmunodiffusion10aImmunoelectrophoresis10aleprosy10aMale10aMycobacterium leprae10aMycobacterium lepraemurium1 aRojas-Espinosa O1 aEstrada-Parra S1 aSerrano-Miranda E1 aSaúl A1 aLATAPI F00aAntimycobacterial antibodies in diffuse lepromatous leprosy detected by counterimmunoelectrophoresis.  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v44n4a05.pdf  a448-520 v443 a<p>By using the counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) technic it was possible to demonstrate the presence of antimycobacterial antibodies in the sera of patients suffering from lepromatous leprosy. The antigen was prepared from isolated Mycobacterium lepraemurium. The technic was more reliable and quicker than Ouchterlony's classical double diffusion in gel. Clinical application of the method is therefore recommended.</p>
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