An unusual double-staining artefact has been repeatedly observed in certain individuals (both HIV-positive and healthy laboratory controls) during 2-colour immunophenotyping of lymphocytes by flow cytometry after red cell lysis. This artefact can falsely suggest co-expression of CD4 and CD8, as well as some of the other monoclonal antibody pairs commonly used in the typing of lymphocytes. It is caused by a serum factor associated with the ammonium-sulphate-precipitated and gamma-globulin fractions. It appears to be fairly common in the population (being found in 6 out of 105 of our healthy laboratory controls and in 42 out of 247 of our HIV-1 seropositive subjects); it may be genetically determined, but may be acquired in some. It is a potential source of error in lymphocyte immunophenotyping, which can be avoided by simple adjustments to the recommended techniques.
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