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Two Instances of Human Sera showing Abnormal Anti-Complementary Power

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

E. L. Kennaway  and
A. M. Wright
E. L. Kennaway
Affiliation:
(From the Bland-Sutton Institute of Pathology, Middlesex Hospital, and V.D. Sect., No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital.)
A. M. Wright
Affiliation:
(From the Bland-Sutton Institute of Pathology, Middlesex Hospital, and V.D. Sect., No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital.)
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Two instances are described of sera showing abnormal anti-complementary power. The amount of complement fixed by the serum was in the one case about six times, in the other about four times, greater than is normal. Examination of subsequent specimens from the patients showed that this inhibitory character was transient only. No feature common to the two cases was found to which the abnormality could be attributed. Attention is drawn to the rarity of this condition, but it is of practical importance in that such sera would be regarded as giving a positive Wassermann reaction if their behaviour in the absence of antigen were not observed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , October 1919 , pp. 255 - 259
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1919

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