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A lysis filtration system was used in conjunction with conventional broth culture for 1112 blood cultures. The system, which entailed collection of 5 ml of blood into bottles containing 50 ml isotonic phosphate buffer, Tween 20, and Rhozyme with subsequent filtration using a 0.45 micron Millipore field monitor, was simple and economical to use. Positive results were obtained earlier than those obtained with conventional broth cultures, and almost twice as many fungi and yeasts were isolated. Some fastidious organisms such as Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae however, were not recovered from the lysis system, and contaminants in lysis cultures were three times as common as in conventional culture. The number of positive cultures was also adversely influenced by incubation of the blood lysis mixture overnight before filtration. We conclude that this lysis filtration system is useful as an adjunct to conventional broth culture in selected patients in cases in which filtration can be carried out soon after collection.
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PMID:Evaluation of lysis filtration as an adjunct to conventional blood culture. 351 11

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was proposed as an alternative to the complement-fixation test (CF) for the detection of antibodies of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae, agent of the pleuropneumonia in pigs. In tests done with different antigen-extraction procedures (including Tween 20, sodium dodecyl sulfate, aqueous phenol, sonification, and heat treatment at 120 C), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) provided a satisfactorily reactive antigen. Chromatography purification on Sephacryl S200 improved the specificity of this antigen. Using hyperimmune rabbit sera, we investigated the specificity and the sensitivity of the ELISA with the EDTA-purified antigen of the different serotypes of H pleuropneumoniae on selected swine sera in herds with confirmed H pleuropneumoniae infection, from specific-pathogen-free animals showing doubtful CF reactions. The ELISA proved to be highly specific and more sensitive than the CF test. Furthermore, evidence of cross-reactions with H parasuis, a common bacteria isolated in swine populations, was not found.
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PMID:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, using an EDTA-extracted antigen for the serology of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae. 617 51

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strains are the most common pathogens encountered in patients with chronic bronchitis. These organisms chronically colonize the airways of patients and occasionally cause bacteremia. Nontypeable H. influenzae strains have been demonstrated microscopically to bind to mucus, but quantitative studies of adhesion have not been published to date. We have therefore developed a reproducible microtiter plate assay to study mucin binding and have examined the adhesion of sputum and blood strains of nontypeable H. influenzae. The assay is similar to that described for Pseudomonas aeruginosa (S. Vishwanath and R. Ramphal, Infect. Immun. 45:197-202, 1984), but notably 2% Tween 20 is used to desorb bacteria from the wells to quantitate bacterial binding. Using a standard strain, we have established that 1 h of incubation is optimum with an inoculum of < or = 5 x 10(8) CFU/ml. The standard strain binds to bronchitic and cystic fibrosis mucins equally well but binds less to bronchiectasis mucins. It does not bind to bovine serum albumin or fetuin. We have also examined the levels of adhesion of freshly isolated sputum and bacteremia strains and find very significant differences in adhesion. Blood strains bound six to seven times less than sputum strains ([13.8 +/- 7] x 10(2) per well versus [102 +/- 43] x 10(2); P < 0.001). Studies with adhesion to lactoferrin, another glycosylated protein, revealed variable binding of respiratory strains but marked binding of blood strains compared with mucin. An isogenic pair of respiratory and blood isolates was examined by electron microscopy but did not show surface differences. We speculate that bacteremic strains studied may have masked, lost, or downregulated adhesin production to allow them to escape from mucins or upregulated adhesins for lactoferrin to invade the bloodstream.
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PMID:Adhesion of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae from blood and sputum to human tracheobronchial mucins and lactoferrin. 786 61