Sachs-Georgi test


Sachs-Geor·gi test

(saks gā'or-gē), the first precipitin test for syphilis of diagnostic practicality, the significant innovation having been the addition of cholesterol to the lipoidal antigen (alcoholic tissue extract) used in the earlier Meinicke test.

Georgi,

Walter, German bacteriologist, 1889-1920. Sachs-Georgi test - see under Sachs, Hans

Sachs,

Hans, German bacteriologist, 1877-1945. Sachs-Georgi test - the first precipitin test for syphilis of diagnostic practicality.