Examination of Streptococcus mutans for immunoglobulin G Fc reactivity
- 1 December 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 34 (3) , 851-855
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.34.3.851-855.1981
Abstract
Representative strains of oral streptococci were tested for Fc immunoglobulin G (IgG) reactivity by two different techniques, agglutination of rabbit-IgG sensitized sheep erythrocytes and uptake of human and rabbit 125I-radiolabeled IgG. None of the S. mutans serotypes a through e reacted with the Fc region of either human or rabbit IgG. Additionally, other streptococci such as S. sanguis, S. salivarius, S. faecalis, and S. mitis failed to show appreciable Fc reactivity as assayed by these techniques. The group A, C, and G streptococci, previously shown to possess Fc reactivity, proved to be reactive in these experiments, as did a protein A-containing strain of Staphylococcus aureus.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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