Wassermann Reaction

Serological Wassermann problem cases.

The subject of Wassermann "Problem" cases is of interest not only to the serologist but to the physician or clinician, upon whom devolves the responsibility for diagnosis. In the past there has been too little critical judgment by clinicians in assessing the results of the Wassermann reaction, and many practitioners may still regard a positive Wassermann reaction as in itself a diagnosis of syp...

A clinical assessment of the treponemal Wassermann reaction.

Complement Deviation in Scarlet Fever with Comparative Studies of the Wassermann and Noguchi Systems

The Wassermann reaction in scarlet fever per se is uniformly negative. The antigen of scarlet fever liver yields practically the same results as that of luetic liver, and both fail to deviate complement with scarlet fever antibodies. The Noguchi reaction in scarlet fever is practically negative. Sixteen cases, or 6.4 per cent. of 250 cases, were positive when active serum was used; with inactiv...

the Butyric Acid Test for Syphilis in the Diagnosis of Metasyphilitic and Other Nervous Disorders

1. In the secondary and tertiary stages of syphilis without direct involvement of the nervous system the cerebro-spinal fluid yielded the butyric acid reaction of feeble intensity. The fluid under these conditions gave neither a positive cytodiagnosis nor the Wassermann test for syphilis. 2. The cerebro-spinal fluid of cases of hereditary syphilis showed a positive butyric reaction in about 90 ...

Automated screening method for the Wassermann reaction.

For a number of years we have considered the Wassermann reaction to be eminently suitable for complete automation. It was after our experience with the Technicon Autoanalyser doing chemical analyses that we decided to experiment with the Wassermann reaction. The following paper records the details of our method, based on the Whitechapel technique (Wilkinson, 1962). It does not include details o...

Wassermann reactions simplified.

Most techniques at present in use for the Wassermann reaction require a great deal of bench and water bath space, are very time consuming, and put a considerable burden on those responsible for the preparation of glassware. The use of moulded perspex plates (M.R.C. pattern)* in this laboratory has cut down immensely the space and labour involved in doing routine Wassermann reactions, and has ad...