Serotyping of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.

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  • BDB C Das
    B C Das
  • GAG Ayliffe
    G Ayliffe
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Abstract
Serotyping of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus by direct immunofluorescence and a capsule swelling reaction is described. One hundred isolates, including 12 from an outbreak in a neonatal department, were studied. Ninety five per cent of the isolates were typable by immunofluorescence and could be divided into 30 separate types, but 42.1% of typable strains, including 11 from the outbreak, were of one type. Typing results by the capsular swelling reaction generally followed those of immunofluorescence methods.
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