Sensitivity of some smooth strains of Escherichia coli to the bactericidal action of normal human serum.

Journal of clinical pathology ·Vol. 27 ·No. 8 ·1974-08-00 ·Pages 626-9

Taylor PW

Abstract

The sensitivity to normal human serum of 144 smooth strains of Escherichia coli isolated from cases of urinary tract infection was determined. It was found that serum-sensitive and serum-resistant strains were not randomly distributed throughout the 10 O serogroups commonly associated with urinary infection. A similar distribution was observed when a group of strains isolated from rectal swabs was studied. The results indicate that serum resistance may be related to qualitative characteristics of the O antigen.

MeSH Terms

Antigens, Bacterial Blood Bactericidal Activity Escherichia coli/classification,isolation & purification Humans Microbial Sensitivity Tests Serotyping Specimen Handling Urinary Tract Infections/microbiology

Chemicals

Antigens, Bacterial

Authors & Affiliations

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Taylor P W

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7 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical pathology

Abbr.

J Clin Pathol

ISSN

0021-9746

DOI

10.1136/jcp.27.8.626

Published

1974-08-00

Pages

626-9

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0376601

PMCID

PMC475416

Subset

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