Delayed hypersensitivity responses of experimental animals to histoplasmin from the yeast and mycelial phases of Histoplasma capsulatum.
AUTOR(ES)
Scalarone, G M
RESUMO
Controlled yeast lysate (CYL) and controlled mycelial lysate (CML) histoplasmins were produced from Histoplasma capsulatum grown in a nutritionally lean, chemically defined medium. The lysates were assayed for skin-test activity in guinea pigs sensitized by infection with the homologous organism. In some studies, nonliving vaccine preparations were employed also. Inter-lot biological variation was minimal, and 20 lots of the CYL reagent elicited strong dermal reactions with high specificity. Further, CYL reagents were nonreactive in guinea pigs infected with Coccidioides immitis, whereas the commercial Food and Drug Administration preparations cross-reacted to some degree. The CML histoplasmins were generally less reactive than the CYL preparations and exhibited somewhat more inter-lot variation in sensitivity and specificity. No correlation between potency and protein:polysaccharide ratios were observed with either reagent. An intradermal test with the CYL reagent did not induce significant changes in the complement-fixing titer of sensitized guinea pigs. Such changes in sensitized animals were elicited by a skin test with commercial histoplasmin.
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