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ESCHERICHIA COLI O:H SEROTYPES ISOLATED FROM HUMAN BLOOD
Author(s) -
ØRSKOV FRITS,
ØRSKOV IDA
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-131X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1975.tb00143.x
Subject(s) - serotype , escherichia coli , antigen , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , virology , gene , immunology , genetics
Escherichia coli strains isolated from human blood obtained from 539 different patients all over Denmark were examined serologically for O and H antigens. 425 strains could be O grouped with O sera 1 to 150. 90 strains were spontaneously agglutinable. Using O sera to the ten most frequent O groups: 2, 4, 6, 75, 9, 8, 18, 7, 22 and 1, 57 per cent of all strains could be grouped. Using sera corresponding to the ten most frequent O and the ten most frequent H sera, it was possible to O:H type 68 per cent of all O groupable strains. The K1 antigen was detected in 18 per cent of the strains.