Experiences in the use of commercial antisera for the capsular typing of klebsiella species.

Abstract

Following the work of Julianelle (1926), Kauffman (1949), Brooke (1951), Worful and Ferguson (1959), Edwards and Fife (1952, 1955), Edmunds Little is known inthiscountry about the epidemiology of klebsiella (Lancet, 1971). Work is currently hindered by there being no centre for capsular typing, presumably due to the difficulty of rearing 72 absorbed specific antisera. However, these sera have recently been made available com-