@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-44-1-35, author = "Gillespie, S. H. and Ainscough, S. and Dickens, A. and Lewin, J.", title = "Phosphorylcholine-containing antigens in bacteria from the mouth and respiratory tract", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "1996", volume = "44", number = "1", pages = "35-40", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-44-1-35", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-44-1-35", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Phosphorylcholine (PC)-containing antigens were sought in 269 bacterial isolates from the mouth and respiratory tract by an enzyme immunoassay method. Only 41 (15%) isolates were PC-positive and of these 29 (70%) were strains of Haemophilus influenzae. Other species that produced positive results included two of five isolates of Gemella haemolysans, two of five isolates of Micrococcus spp., and a single strain each of Bacillus sp., Corynebacterium jeikeium, Lactococcus sp. and H. parainfluenzae. The presence of PC-containing antigens in H. influenzae may be an important source of cross-reaction in antigen detection techniques that detect the C-polysaccharide antigen of Streptococcus pneumoniae in respiratory specimens and would result in false positive results.", }