title: [Serodiagnosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in mucoviscidosis: comparative study of Western blotting, ELISA exotoxin A and ELISA phospholipase C].
abstract: Anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibodies were studied by Western Blot, ELISA-exotoxin A and ELISA-phospholipase C for 91 serums from 31 patients with cystic fibrosis. More, for the two enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, 44 serums from 44 healthy individuals were studied as controls. The study of these three parameters revealed the followings: with no infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa all the results were negative, at the beginning of the infection, anti-exotoxin A antibodies appeared in first, followed in some cases by the reactions of Western Blot, anti-phospholipase C antibodies became positive at last and went on a par with the installation of the chronic characteristic of the infection, as soon as the chronicity were indisputable, the three methods revealed elevated serum antibodies amounts. Generally there was a correlation between detected antibodies and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation in sputum. Among these three methods, ELISA-exotoxin A appeared to be the most interesting because of its good reproducibility and its early positivity, before the others methods and sometimes before Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation. It would be a significant argument to establish as soon as possible an antimicrobial therapy.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur de Lyon, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andre
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Marlier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guinet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gilly
mesh_terms: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; D000293:Adolescent; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012698:Serologic Tests; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000276:immunology; D037521:Virulence Factors; D000097668:Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A
chemical_list: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D037521:Virulence Factors; D000097668:Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A
vernacular_title: Sérodiagnostic des infections à Pseudomonas aeruginosa dans la mucoviscidose: étude comparative du Western Blot, de l'ELISA exotoxine A et de l'ELISA phospholipase C.