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From 313 samples of CSF, urine, sera and pleural liquid, the authors show how appreciable is the contribution in research of soluble antigens by sensibilized latex particles agglutination method in etiologic diagnosis, especially during meningitis, pulmonary and neonatal infections. Soluble antigens were declared positives in 62.26% of cases against S. pneumoniae, 25.4% of cases against H. influenzae, 6.66% of cases against S. agalactiae, 5.71% of cases against N. meningitidis C, with variable percentages from one biological liquid to another. Compared to classical bacteriologic techniques, this method allows the diagnosis of an infection even when decapitated, and could be used in emergency diagnosis.
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Antígenos Bacterianos/análisis , Infecciones Bacterianas/diagnóstico , Pruebas de Fijación de Látex , Antígenos Bacterianos/sangre , Antígenos Bacterianos/líquido cefalorraquídeo , Antígenos Bacterianos/orina , Bacteriemia/inmunología , Bacteriemia/microbiología , Infecciones Bacterianas/inmunología , Niño , Côte d'Ivoire , Infecciones por Haemophilus/diagnóstico , Infecciones por Haemophilus/inmunología , Haemophilus influenzae/inmunología , Humanos , Recién Nacido , Enfermedades Pulmonares/inmunología , Enfermedades Pulmonares/microbiología , Meningitis Meningocócica/diagnóstico , Meningitis Meningocócica/inmunología , Neisseria meningitidis/inmunología , Derrame Pleural/inmunología , Infecciones Neumocócicas/diagnóstico , Infecciones Neumocócicas/inmunología , Infecciones Estreptocócicas/diagnóstico , Infecciones Estreptocócicas/inmunología , Streptococcus agalactiae/inmunología , Streptococcus pneumoniae/inmunologíaRESUMEN
The authors report the results of a seroepidemiological study of rubella in pregnancy. Rubella antibodies were present in 82% of the pregnant women and 18% were seronegative. Most of seronegative women were less than twenty years old, nulliparous, on first period of gestation and in low socioeconomical conditions.
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Anticuerpos Antivirales/sangre , Embarazo/inmunología , Virus de la Rubéola/inmunología , Rubéola (Sarampión Alemán)/inmunología , Adulto , Côte d'Ivoire , Femenino , HumanosRESUMEN
6,603 women with vaginal discharges were investigated for genital infection with four sexually transmitted diseases. Germs of vaginitis were isolated with prevalence as following: C. albicans 25%, G. vaginalis 17.4%, T. vaginalis 8.2%. Cervicitis with N. gonorrhoeae represented 3.2% of cases.