Circulating immune complexes in Yersinia infection.
The occurrence of circulating immune complexes (CIC) was studied in 9 patients with Yersinia arthritis and 7 with Yersinia enteritis (YE) without extraintestinal symptoms by the platelet-iodinated protein A (PIPA) technique and by a solid phase Clq-binding enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. CIC were detected by both techniques in all the patients with Yersinia arthritis during the acute disease and in 3 of them after recovery. CIC were also found in 5 of the 7 patients with uncomplicated YE, suggesting that CIC were associated with YE irrespective of the development of arthritis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis*; D001168:Arthritis / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013205:Staphylococcal Protein A; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000276:immunology*
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D006680:HLA Antigens; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013205:Staphylococcal Protein A