Rose Bengal plate agglutination and counterimmunoelectrophoresis tests on spinal fluid in the diagnosis of Brucella meningitis

Rose Bengal and counterimmunoelectrophoresis, two tests that detect antibodies against different structural antigens, when carried out on spinal fluid permitted rapid diagnosis of human Brucella meningitis. The Rose Bengal test was positive in five out of five patients studied, and counterimmunoelec...

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Main Authors: Diaz, R. (Ramón), Maravi-Poma, E. (Enrique), Delgado, G. (Gabriel), Rivero, A. (Antonio)
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Language:eng
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/29438