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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, July 2000, p. 563-567, Vol. 7, No. 4
Department of Microbiology, Academisch
Ziekenhuis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Received 29 November 1999/Returned for modification 25 January
2000/Accepted 4 April 2000
Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against Ureaplasma
urealyticum serotype 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 13 reference
strains were developed. The reactivities of these MAbs with the 14 serotype reference strains was verified by colony immunofluorescence
assay and Western blot assay. MAbs against serotypes 2, 7, 10, 11, and 12 were serotype specific, whereas MAbs against serotypes 5, 8, and 13 showed cross-reactivity. All MAbs against serotype 5 were cross-reactive with serotype 2, and one showed, in addition,
cross-reactivity to serotypes 9 and 10. Mutual cross-reactivities were
observed between MAbs against serotypes 8 and 13. The usefulness of the MAbs for the serotyping of U. urealyticum strains was
evaluated by serotyping 21 selected clinical isolates. A complete set
of MAbs (the newly developed MAbs and the previously described MAbs against serotypes 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, and 14) as well as a complete set of
polyclonal antibodies (PAbs), PAbs 1 to 14, were used. MAbs were able
to identify 18 of 21 isolates including 2 isolates with mixed
serotypes. Polyreactivity, which occurred with 19 of the 21 isolates
with PAbs, was not observed by the use of MAbs. MAbs seem to be a more
valuable tool than PAbs for serotyping and could help in investigating
a possible link between the expression or variability of the
serotype-specific antigens and pathogenicity.
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Development of Monoclonal Antibodies against
Ureaplasma urealyticum Serotypes and Their Use for
Serotyping Clinical Isolates
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Microbiology, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090-Brussels, Belgium. Phone: 00-32-2-477.50.00. Fax: 00-32-2-477.50.15. E-mail:
labomicro{at}az.vub.ac.be.
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