A 42 year old man admitted with effusive-constrictive pericarditis had diastolic dysfunction and pericardial thickening. Pericardiectomy was performed because of uncontrolled heart failure. The Epstein-Barr viral IgG antibody titre was exceptionally high. The EB viral genome was demonstrated in the resected pericardium by polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridisation. EB viral pericarditi...

A 38-year-old man with a ventriculoatrial shunt presented with non-specific symptoms (headache, back pain, night sweats) and inconclusive laboratory results. He showed an extremely high titre of antibody to Staphylococcus epidermidis which proved diagnostic of shunt infection. This was confirmed on shunt removal and he was successfully treated.

The refractive index of the circulating blood lymphocytes (LCRI) of healthy young adults vaccinated with typhoid vaccine has been measured by immersion refractometry and phase contrast microscopy. A rise in the LCRI preceeds the rise in the antibody titre by two to three days. A more pronounced rise also occurred in one patient prior to a rejection crises following a kidney transplant.

The large glycoprotein, GP90, of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was purified by affinity chromatography using a monoclonal antibody. Hyperimmune rabbit antiserum directed specifically to the purified GP90 neutralized RSV to high titre but did not inhibit fusion of previously infected cells. 125I-labelled GP90 bound rapidly to HEp-2 cells in an unsaturable manner; binding was inhibited by the...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of immunosuppressive anticancer therapy on titre levels of anti-hepatitis B surface antibodies (anti-HBs) in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) negative and anti-HBs positive patients with haematological malignancies or solid tumours. METHODS This retrospective study reviewed the medical records of patients with haematological malignancies or solid tumours...

The cultural method to identify avian Salmonella infections is laborious and expensive, thus a rapid, sensitive and cost-effective method for the diagnosis of salmonellosis is anticipated. S. pullorum was isolated and a stained Salmonella somatic antigen was prepared. The protein concentration of stained antigen was measured and adjusted to 3000 ng/μl. Preservative was used to increase its shel...

newcastle disease is one of the most important causes of economic losses in the poultry production and can be resulted in high mortality. antibody detection is also an important tool for assessment of the immunity against the disease. in the present study a trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of an immune stimulator (echinacea purpurea) on antibody production against newcastle disease va...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate the role of periodontal pathogens in RA in remission. METHODS Twenty-one patients with active RA and 70 patients in clinical remission, including 48 patients with synovitis [US power Doppler (USPD)(+) group] and 22 patients without synovitis [USPD(-) group] were clinically assessed by US. CRP, ESR, haemoglobin, MMP-3, RF and ACPA were m...