title: Indirect fluorescence test for the detection of anti-gonoccocal antibodies.
abstract: (1) An indirect fluorescence test for the detection of anti-gonococcal antibody is described. (2) Positive results at a serum dilution of 1 in 16 or above were obtained with sera from 20 per cent. of males and 61 per cent. of females with bacteriologically proven gonorrhoea. 3-8 per cent. of presumed false positive results were given by sera from patients presumed not to have gonorrhoea. (3) In different groups of sera, tests for IgM anti-gonococcal antibody were positive in 32 per cent. of those from males but in only 43 per cent. of those from females with positive cultures.
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000276:immunology*; D012698:Serologic Tests
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007075:Immunoglobulin M