[The use of solid-phase immunoenzyme analysis for the diagnosis of a suppurative infection of the maxillofacial area caused by Bacteroides melaninogenicus and Staphylococcus aureus].

In 186 patients with odontogenic infection the level of antibodies to B.melaninogenicus polysaccharide antigen, teichoic acid and S.aureus polysaccharide was determined in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The positive values of ELISA indices were found to coincide with the data of bacteriological study in more than 90% of cases. The role of B.melaninogenicus and S.aureus associations in the development of purulent infections was confirmed with the use of ELISA in 34.2% of the patients for S.aureus and in 50% of the patients for B.melaninogenicus and bacteriologically in 31.4% and 46.9% of the patients respectively.