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. 1974 Aug;27(8):626–629. doi: 10.1136/jcp.27.8.626

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

P W Taylor 1
PMCID: PMC475416  PMID: 4608427

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.

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