Chicken anti-protein A prevents Staphylococcus aureus protein A from binding to human and rabbit IgG in immunoassays and eliminates most false positive results

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-77

  Hoffman, Wayne L ^a,b   Ruggles, Ann O ^a   Tabarya, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken anti protein A; ELISA; Protein A; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030002786     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00152-4     Document Type: Article

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