[Evaluation of the diagnostic value of a modified hemolysis inhibition test in staphylococcal diseases]. / Otsenka diagnosticheskoi znachimosti modifitsirovannoi reaktsii tormozheniia gemoliza pri stafilokokkovykh zabolevaniiakh.

ABSTRACT

Blood serum samples from 602 healthy adults and 430 patients with suppurative lactation mastitis were studied with the use of the hemolysis inhibition test in the authors' modification, suitable for work with small amounts of blood serum. In most of the healthy adults (80.4%), the content of staphylococcal antitoxin in the blood serum did not exceed 1 antitoxic unit (AU), while in 3/4 of the suppurative mastitis patients a pronounced increase in antibody titers (up to 4--32 AU) was observed. The hemolysis inhibition test may serve as an additional criterion in the diagnosis of staphylococcal infections in adults.