Serological investigations in children with colonized Spitz-Holter valves.
It has been found that children with hydrocephalus, whose Spitz-Holter valves are colonized with Staph. albus, have an antibody to this organism in their serum. Children without colonized shunts have little or no such antibody. A test for this antibody is described, and its use in such cases is discussed.
D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D018805:Sepsis / Q000276:immunology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial