RELATION BETWEEN ANTIBODY-RESPONSE TO PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA EXOPROTEINS AND COLONIZATION INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC-FIBROSIS
RELATION BETWEEN ANTIBODY-RESPONSE TO PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA EXOPROTEINS AND COLONIZATION INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC-FIBROSIS
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10.1111/j.1651-2227.1984.tb17774.x
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1984-01-01
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VASIL, ML
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GRANSTROM, M;ERICSSON, A;VASIL, ML
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to measure the antibody response to P. aeruginosa exotoxin A, elastase, alkaline protease and phospholipase C in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Only the chronically colonized patients showed elevated antibody fibers to phospholipase C (22/22 patients), alkaline protease (16/22 patients), exotoxin A (15/22 patients) and elastase (5/22 patients). In a few patients where serial specimens were available, rising titers were recorded to all 4 antigens during periods of active infection. Antibiotic treatment resulted in decrease of titers against all 4 antigens, but only the anti-exotoxin A and anti-elastase titers decreased to normal levels. Titers to phospholipase C were the least influenced by antibiotic treatment. The results imply different roles for these exoproteins in chronic colonization vs. active infection. The levels of P. aeruginosa antibodies to exoproteins could probably be used in monitoring treatment of patients with CF.