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Determine the feasibility of neutralizing staphylococcal enterotoxin using rabbit antiserum guided by gel-diffusion precipitin measurements.

May 1, 1954The Journal of Immunology

Staphylococcal Enterotoxin: Neutralization by Rabbit Antiserum

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MSMichael J. SurgallaRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center MBMerlin S. BergdollNorthwestern University GDG. M. DackMinistère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique

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Laboratory study demonstrates neutralization of staphylococcal enterotoxin by rabbit antiserum, suggesting antigen equivalence ratios enable effective toxin inactivation.

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Determine the feasibility of neutralizing staphylococcal enterotoxin using rabbit antiserum guided by gel-diffusion precipitin measurements.
Applied a gel-diffusion precipitin technique to detect and enumerate precipitating antigens within a partially purified enterotoxin preparation.
Calculated antigen-antibody equivalence ratios to determine the precise volume of rabbit antiserum required for complete antigen precipitation.
Successfully identified precipitating antigens and established their approximate equivalence ratios in enterotoxin samples.
Achieved complete neutralization of staphylococcal enterotoxin using the calculated amounts of rabbit antiserum.

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Surgalla et al. (1954) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8c3e49fe910689a2894870 https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.72.5.398

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Laboratory study demonstrates neutralization of staphylococcal enterotoxin by rabbit antiserum, suggesting antigen equivalence ratios enable effective toxin inactivation.

Staphylococcal Enterotoxin: Neutralization by Rabbit Antiserum

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Staphylococcal Enterotoxin: Neutralization by Rabbit Antiserum

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