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. 1981 Oct;34(1):303–305. doi: 10.1128/iai.34.1.303-305.1981

Activation of the Alternative Complement Pathway by Blood Culture Isolates of Bacteroides fragilis

Keith A Joiner 1,†, Alexandra Hawiger 1, Jeffrey A Gelfand 1
PMCID: PMC350858  PMID: 6795126

Abstract

Blood culture isolates of Bacteroides caused depletion of alternative complement pathway hemolytic activity, but no fall in C4 titers, when incubated in vitro with normal serum or serum containing 0.002 M MgCl2 and 0.008 M ethylene glycol-bis(β-aminoethyl ether)-N,N-tetraacetic acid.

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