Sensitivity of immunofluorescence with monoclonal antibodies for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions in cell culture
- 30 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 16 (1), 4-7
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.16.1.4-7.1982
Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies which recognize the species-specific major outer membrane protein antigen of C. trachomatis were used for immunofluorescence staining of chlamydial inclusions in cell culture. A total of 115 clinical specimens were inoculated onto replicate human cervical carcinoma HeLa 229 cell monolayers and assayed for chlamydial inclusions by immunofluorescence staining and Giemsa staining. Of the isolates, 38 were detected by immunofluorescence staining on passage 1 and 1 was detected on passage 2; 23 isolates on passage 1 and 13 isolates on passage 2 were detected by Giemsa staining. Immunofluorescence staining was significantly more sensitive than Giemsa staining for detecting chlamydial inclusions, particularly from specimens containing low titers of Chlamydia.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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