TY - JOUR
KW - Antibodies, Bacterial
KW - Humans
KW - Immunoenzyme Techniques
KW - leprosy
KW - Mycobacterium bovis
KW - Reference Values
KW - Senegal
AU - Agius G
AU - Baillargeau E
AU - Ranger S
AU - Castets M
AU - Millan J
AU - Samb A
AB - <p>An immunoperoxidase reaction was used for the titration of immunoglobulins G and M antibodies to BCG in 171 leprosy patients from Dakar. The results show mean titers decreasing from lepromatous to tuberculoid cases. The antibody profiles of some clinical forms such as reverse reactions, erythema nodosum leprosum are discussed. This test associated to the Mitsuda reaction, bacteriology and histology should allow an easier classification of the borderline forms. The main advantages of the technique are simplicity, speed, low cost and the easy availability of the BCG. These qualities are essential in endemic zone.</p>
BT - Acta leprologica
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3321855?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1987 Jul-Sep
IS - 3
J2 - Acta Leprol
LA - fre
N2 - <p>An immunoperoxidase reaction was used for the titration of immunoglobulins G and M antibodies to BCG in 171 leprosy patients from Dakar. The results show mean titers decreasing from lepromatous to tuberculoid cases. The antibody profiles of some clinical forms such as reverse reactions, erythema nodosum leprosum are discussed. This test associated to the Mitsuda reaction, bacteriology and histology should allow an easier classification of the borderline forms. The main advantages of the technique are simplicity, speed, low cost and the easy availability of the BCG. These qualities are essential in endemic zone.</p>
PY - 1987
SP - 209
EP - 18
T2 - Acta leprologica
TI - [Anti-BCG antibody titers in healthy and leprous Africans. Value of an indirect immunoperoxidase test].
VL - 5
SN - 0001-5938
ER -