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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1995
Wolfgang Bredt, Freiburg, DE;
Bernhard Gerstenecker, Albstadt, DE;
Enno Jacobs, Freiburg, DE;
Wilhelm Schuy, Obererbach, DE;
Behringwerke Aktiengesellschaft, Marburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to monoclonal antibodies and fragments thereof which are specific for Mycoplasma pneumoniae P2 protein and have a cross-reactivity of 1% or less with five other species of the genus Mycoplasma and other pathogen species of the concomitant flora, and to methods for the preparation of the monoclonal antibodies according to the invention. The invention furthermore relates to hybridomas which produce the antibodies according to the invention, and to methods for the preparation thereof. Finally, the invention relates to the use of the monoclonal antibodies according to the invention for detecting Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a sample.