Campbell J B, Romach M, Ellins M L
J Clin Microbiol. 1976 Nov;4(5):389-93. doi: 10.1128/jcm.4.5.389-393.1976.
We have shown that bacterial contamination of sera can have a marked influence on the results of the rubella hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) test. In addition to increasing the levels of nonspecific agglutinins, a number of common bacterial species tested had a significant effect on the HI titers. When sera free from rubella-specific antibodies were contaminated with Bacillus subtilis or Pseudomonas fluorescens, HI titers ranged from 16 to 128 (expressed as the reciprocal of the highest serum dilution completely inhibiting hemagglutination) after treatment with heparin/MnCl2. Our observations demonstrate, therefore, that bacterial contamination can be one of the causes of false-positive reactions in this test.
我们已经表明,血清的细菌污染会对风疹血凝抑制(HI)试验的结果产生显著影响。除了增加非特异性凝集素水平外,所检测的一些常见细菌种类对HI滴度有显著影响。当不含风疹特异性抗体的血清被枯草芽孢杆菌或荧光假单胞菌污染时,用肝素/氯化锰处理后,HI滴度范围为16至128(表示为完全抑制血凝的最高血清稀释倍数的倒数)。因此,我们的观察结果表明,细菌污染可能是该试验假阳性反应的原因之一。