title: Study of the plate agglutination test with rose bengal antigen for the diagnosis of human brucellosis.
abstract: This study presents the results of a number of serological tests, in particular the plate agglutination test using acid antigen stained with rose bengal, in the examination of 440 human sera for brucellosis. In addition, the sera were examined for the presence of specific antibodies of various classes (IgM and IgG). These investigations showed the rose bengal plate agglutination test to be highly specific and sensitive as a rapid method for the diagnosis of human brucellosis.
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000379:methods*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D002002:Brucella / Q000276:immunology; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000276:immunology*; D003298:Coombs Test; D003545:Cysteine; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012395:Rose Bengal
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D012395:Rose Bengal; D003545:Cysteine