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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, March 2000, p. 293-295, Vol. 7, No. 2
Division of Medical and Biochemical
Microbiology, Research Center Borstel, Center for Medicine and
Biosciences, Borstel,1 and Institute of
Medicine Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Cologne,
Cologne,2 Germany
Received 13 August 1999/Returned for modification 4 October
1999/Accepted 10 November 1999
The levels of antilipopolysaccharide (anti-LPS) antibodies in
patients colonized with an endemic Acinetobacter strain
were compared to those in patients with bloodstream infections.
Seropositivity and seronegativity correlated with positive and negative
blood cultures, respectively, indicating that determination of the
level of anti-LPS antibodies is useful for diagnosing
Acinetobacter infections.
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Antibody Response to Lipopolysaccharide in Patients Colonized
or Infected with an Endemic Strain of Acinetobacter
Genomic Species 13 Sensu Tjernberg and Ursing
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