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Serotypes of group B meningococci.

Journal of clinical pathology ·Vol. 29 ·No. 8 ·1976-08-00 ·Pages 746-8

Jones DM, Tobin BM

Abstract

Strains of group B meningococci isolated from cases of sporadic infection, epidemic infection, and from patients unassociated with clinical meningococcal infection have been examined by a serological typing technique. The majority of group B meningococci from clinical infections in the UK have serotype 2 antigen. Such strains were relatively uncommon among carriers who had no association with meningococcal disease.

MeSH Terms
Agglutination Tests Antigens, Bacterial/analysis England Humans Meningococcal Infections/epidemiology,microbiology Microbial Sensitivity Tests Neisseria meningitidis/drug effects,isolation & purification Serotyping Sputum/microbiology Sulfadiazine/pharmacology
Chemicals
Antigens, Bacterial Sulfadiazine
Authors & Affiliations
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Jones D M
Tobin B M
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8 references, click to expand
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical pathology
Abbr.
J Clin Pathol
ISSN
0021-9746
Published
1976-08-00
Pages
746-8
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0376601
PMCID
PMC476158
Subset
IM
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