[Contribution of the counter-immunoelectrophoresis for the diagnosis of pneumococcal infections (author's transl)].
Using counter-immunoelectrophoresis (CIE), the authors have looked for pneumococcal antigens in biological fluids in 141 pneumococcal infections cases (70 meningitis, 25 empyema, 40 pneumonia, 5 peritonitis, 1 pericarditis). The best results (superior to bacteriological results) were obtained with CSF and pleural fluid. Testing sputum by CIE seems to have a real interest in pneumonia. CIE associated with bacteriology, gives more than 20% increase in aetiological diagnosis in pneumococcal infections and permits to set accurate aetiological diagnosis in less than two hours.
D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000276:immunology; D003378:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis; D006801:Humans; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000276:immunology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D013183:Sputum / Q000276:immunology
Apport de la contre-immunoélectrophorèse au diagnostic des pneumococcies.