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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, March 2000, p. 293-295, Vol. 7, No. 2
1071-412X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Antibody Response to Lipopolysaccharide in Patients Colonized or Infected with an Endemic Strain of Acinetobacter Genomic Species 13 Sensu Tjernberg and Ursing

Ralph Pantophlet,1 Harald Seifert,2 Lore Brade,1 and Helmut Brade1,*

Division of Medical and Biochemical Microbiology, Research Center Borstel, Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Borstel,1 and Institute of Medicine Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne,2 Germany

Received 13 August 1999/Returned for modification 4 October 1999/Accepted 10 November 1999

The levels of antilipopolysaccharide (anti-LPS) antibodies in patients colonized with an endemic Acinetobacter strain were compared to those in patients with bloodstream infections. Seropositivity and seronegativity correlated with positive and negative blood cultures, respectively, indicating that determination of the level of anti-LPS antibodies is useful for diagnosing Acinetobacter infections.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Medical and Biochemical Microbiology, Research Center Borstel, Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Parkallee 22, D-23845 Borstel, Germany. Phone: 49-4537-188474. Fax: 49-4537-188419. E-mail: hbrade{at}fz-borstel.de.

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, March 2000, p. 293-295, Vol. 7, No. 2
1071-412X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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