A haemagglutination test for anti-Panton-Valentine leucocidin in serum: an interim report on 200 cases.
The test is an application of the method originally described by Boyden (1951) and adapted by Stavitsky and Arquilla (1958). Sera which contain anti-Panton-Valentine leucocidin agglutinate the prepared red cells, often to a very high dilution, and this has provided a useful serological test for the diagnosis of staphylococcal disease in orthopaedic lesions. The test is quicker as a routine investigation than the bioscopic method previously described by Towers and Gladstone (1958).
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D006384:Hemagglutination; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013210:Staphylococcus
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin
HEMAGGLUTINATION; OSTEOMYELITIS/diagnosis; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS/diagnosis