title: Anti-streptopolysaccharide antibody in children with rheumatic fever and scarlet fever.
abstract: As the serological test of streptococcal infection, the measurement of anti-exotoxin antibodies such as ASO is widely practiced. M protein of the cell wall of group A streptococcus has type specificity. To detect the anti M protein antibody is very significant, but it is not easy to apply this to clinical practice because there are many types and because of the difficulty of purifying M protein. C polypeptide has group specificity, so the measurement of the antibody to C polypeptide is very important as the serological test of group A streptococcus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mikuni
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000276:immunology*; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000276:immunology; D013301:Streptolysins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D013301:Streptolysins; C036112:streptococcal polysaccharide group A; C025964:streptolysin O; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases