Sentence examples for antiserum from inspiring English sources
noun
A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies specific for combatting an infectious disease.
Human antiserum is used whenever it is available, because IgG from other species is far more likely to provoke an immune response that will eliminate the antibody and may lead to serum sickness (see immune system disorder: Type III hypersensitivity).
If the toxin is a venom, the antitoxin formed, or the antiserum containing it, is called an antivenin.
The scourges of tetanus and gas gangrene were controlled to a large extent by antitoxin and antiserum injections, yet surgical treatment of the wound remained an essential requirement.
The resulting highly concentrated preparation of antitoxins is called an antiserum.
Serum sickness, an allergic reaction to animal serum or antiserum injected into an individual's blood to provide immunity against such illnesses as tetanus, botulism, and snake-venom poisoning.
Lobar pneumonia could be treated with antiserum, an injection of rabbit antibodies against the pneumococcus, if the intern identified the subtype correctly.
These preparations are known as antiserums.
Antiserums are produced in animals (e.g., horse, sheep, ox, rabbit) and man in response to infection, intoxication, or vaccination and may be used in another individual to confer immunity to a specific disease or to treat bites or stings of venomous animals.
Some immunity may be gained from antiserums and other preventive preparations.
Antiserums from animals are most often used, but in persons allergic to animals, human antiserums have proved valuable.
