Affiliation:
1. Dermatology Division, Letterman Army Institute of Research, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94129
Abstract
The extraction of antigens (trichophytin) from
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
var.
asteroides
grown in both a complex medium and a defined medium proved to be reproducible and feasible. These extracts were first evaluated by skin testing in both infected and noninfected guinea pigs. Further evaluation and standardization was accomplished in selected humans by comparing these antigens to a trichophytin known to elicit allergic reactions to the dermatophytes. The trichophytins produced by this extraction procedure gave no false positive (or negative) skin test reactions. These antigens did, however, reliably elicit allergic sensitivity of both the immediate and delayed type. The potency of both complex and defined media antigen was shown to be equal to that of the standard trichophytin.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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