title: Evaluation of the use of 5-mycoloyl-beta-arabinofuranosyl-(1-->2)-5-mycoloyl- alpha-arabinofuranosyl-(1-->1')-glycerol in serodiagnosis of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex infection.
abstract: 5-Mycoloyl-beta-arabinofuranosyl-(1-->2)-5-mycoloyl-alpha-ar abinofuranosyl-(1-->1')-glycerol, an antigenic glycolipid from the Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) was examined for its applicability to the serodiagnosis of MAC infection by ELISA. Serum IgM antibody titres against this glycolipid in healthy controls, pulmonary tuberculosis patients and sputum-MAC-culture-negative MAC patients were generally below the cut-off point (ELISA-negative), whereas most of the MAC-culture-positive MAC patient sera were ELISA-positive (93.5%) and their titres were often very high. Thus, high serum IgM titres against this glycolipid may be said to imply that the MAC disease is in an active phase.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of BCG, Tokyo.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawajiri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Toida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawamata
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Minnikin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D012698:Serologic Tests; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: C083780:5-mycoloylarabinofuranosyl-5-mycoloylarabinofuranosyl-glycerol; D006017:Glycolipids; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D009171:Mycolic Acids