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  • Title: [Antibody-coated bacteria and quantitative culture in sputum samples from patients with bronchiectasis].
    Author: Sala-Mateus C, Lloveras P, Barber E, Puig de la Bellacasa J, Torres A, Jiménez de Anta MT, Agustí-Vidal A.
    Journal: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin; 1990 Nov; 8(9):568-71. PubMed ID: 2099859.
    Abstract:
    The results of the quantitative culture of sputum samples from patients with bronchiectasis were compared with those obtained in the same samples with the detection of antibody-coated bacteria (ACB), in the acute phase of the disease (group I), after antibiotic therapy (group II), and in the phase of clinical stability (group III). In quantitative cultures at least one potentially pathogen species was isolated, at a concentration of greater than or equal to 10(6) colony forming units/ml in the 7 sputum samples from group I, in 4 of the 5 samples from group II, and in 10 of the 11 samples from group III. The immunofluorescence technique detected ACB in all samples from group I and group II, and in 10 of the 11 from group III. The sample from group III in which ACB were not detected was the same in which potentially pathogen organisms were not detected by culture.
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