REAGENT CONTAINING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO BACTEROIDES GINGIVALIS

Bacteroides gingivalis frequently has been implicated in adult pepriodontitis. The present monoclonal antibodies are specific to Bacteroides gingivalis. The present monoclonal antibodies are typically employed as a reagent which includes an inert carrier, preferably a liquid such as buffered solutio...

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Hauptverfasser: ZAMBON, JOSEPH JAMES, CHEN, PRISCILLA B, GENCO, ROBERT JOSEPH, NEIDERS, MIRDZA ERIKA, CHRISTERSSON, LARS ANDERS
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Zusammenfassung:Bacteroides gingivalis frequently has been implicated in adult pepriodontitis. The present monoclonal antibodies are specific to Bacteroides gingivalis. The present monoclonal antibodies are typically employed as a reagent which includes an inert carrier, preferably a liquid such as buffered solution and a preservative. The carrier compositions are suitably selected to provide for the proper dispersal of bacteria, and to preserve the integrity of antigens and supplemental structures. The selection of the proper carrier is especially important in the detection of bacteria which produce large amounts of autolytic enzymes such as B. gingivalis. The monoclonal antibodies of the present invention are useful in clinical testing and differentiating antigens in the gingival or subgingival sera. The method of testing and differentiating involves the steps of contacting a sample of the bacterial flora from a lesion or other site with a measured amount of a monoclonal antibody specific to a simple antigen site or Bacteroides gingivalis and subsequently measuring the number of antibody-antigen complexes formed.