Paul-Bunnell-Davidsohn test
- Paul-Bunnell-Davidsohn test
- a type of heterophile antibody test for infectious mononucleosis, a modification of the Paul-Bunnell test that differentiates among three types of heterophile sheep erythrocyte agglutinins: those associated with infectious mononucleosis, those associated with serum sickness, and natural antibodies against Forssman antigen. The patient's serum is absorbed with guinea pig kidney cells or with beef erythrocytes and centrifuged. Unabsorbed serum has an abnormally high heterophile antibody titer in infectious mononucleosis and serum sickness. Absorption with guinea pig kidney removes Forssman antibodies and serum sickness heterophile antibodies. Absorption with beef erythrocytes removes heterophile antibodies associated with infectious mononucleosis and serum sickness. Called also Davidsohn differential absorption t.
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