Secretory IgA Antibodies in the Urethral Exudate of Men with Uncomplicated Urethritis due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae

1 January 1973

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Vol. 127 (1), 99-101
https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/127.1.99

Abstract

Antibodies to Neisseria gonorrhoeae were detected in the urethral exudates of 29 of 35 men with uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis. A large fraction of this local antibody was secretory IgA.

Keywords

NEISSERIA
SECRETORY
GONORRHOEAE
GONOCOCCAL
IGA ANTIBODIES
URETHRAL EXUDATE

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