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[Antibacterial antibodies in human immunoglobulins and sera: past and present]
Aim:
To measure levels of several types of antibacterial antibodies in preparations of normal human immunoglobulin as well as in samples of donor sera obtained in 1965 and 2009.
Materials And Methods:
Five batches of human normal immunoglobulin manufactured in 1965 and five batches manufactured in 2009 as well as 77 and 28 blood serum samples respectively were tested by agglutination assay for the presence of antibodies to enterobacteria, Brucella species, tularemia agent, Rickettsia burnetii, Rickettsia prowazekii, and several species of opportunistic bacteria.
Results:
Higher antibody titers to Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi A and B, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei were revealed in immunoglobulin preparations and donor sera obtained in 1965 compared to that obtained in 2009. There was no difference in antibody titers to Shigella boydii, Salmonella choleraesuis, Escherichia coli O-55, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris, Serratia marcescens and E. coli. Antibodies to Brucella species, tularemia agent, R. burnetii, R. prowazekii were not detected in normal human immunoglobulin.
Conclusion:
Decrease of antibody levels to several pathogenic enterobacteria in human immunoglobulin preparations as well as in sera of donors for 40 years could be linked with decrease of number of immunized persons, changes in circulation of pathogenic bacteria, decrease of rate of asymptomatic infections. Stability of antibody titers to opportunistic bacteria is a rationale to use them for assessment of humoral immunity function.
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