Polyene antibiotics in assessing significance of antistreptolysin O activity.
Antistreptolysin O activity in serum is due either to antibody or to altered lipoprotein molecules. The latter can be inhibited by performing antistreptolysin tests using a polyene antibiotic such as amphotericin B as diluent.
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000989:Antistreptolysin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011090:Polyenes / Q000494:pharmacology
D008074:Lipoproteins; D011090:Polyenes; D000666:Amphotericin B; D000989:Antistreptolysin