| Autor: |
YAGLE, ELIZABETH M., KOLMER, JOHN A. |
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Archives of Dermatology; August 1923, Vol. 8 Issue: 2 p183-185, 3p |
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Leprosy, being prominently mentioned in medical literature and commonly regarded as a nonsyphilitic disease in which the serum may yield a falsely positive Wassermann reaction, we have considered it a matter of interest and possibly of some practical importance to determine whether the serum in leprosy is capable of yielding positive precipitation or flocculation reactions with alcoholic tissue extracts, as is produced by the majority of serums from syphilitic persons.This study was undertaken while one of us (J. A. K.) was engaged with Dr. Oswald E. Denney, in a study of the Wassermann reaction in leprosy with special reference to a new complement fixation test.1 The results of this investigation showed that positive reactions do not occur in leprosy with this new method; when positive reactions were observed, syphilitic infection was also present in addition to leprosy. The results of the present study employing the Kahn precipitation were |
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