No growth occurred from blood cultures. Heterophil antibodies and cold agglutinins were not present. An intradermal skin test was negative with P.P.D. but positive with histoplasmin. Complement ...

Antibodies were then the only known products of the immune response. It was thought that precipitins, agglutinins, hemolysins, and so on were separate substances. Not long after, Pirquet and Bela ...

Bacterial cultures of the nose, throat, blood and eschar revealed no pathogens, and tests for febrile agglutinins were negative. On the 2nd hospital day the fever had subsided, but intermittent ...

The early focus of transplantation was technical -- replacing lost limbs and teeth, reconstructive surgery, transferring a body part from one animal to another. By the 20th century, the focus had ...

Passive anti-D immune globulin administered to prevent anti-D antibody formation in RhD-negative women who carry and are exposed to RhD-positive fetal RBCs; once called Rh "sensitization," this is ...