Differentiation of pathogenic and saprophytic leptospira strains

Differentiation of pathogenic and saprophytic leptospira strains

ZbI. Bakt. Hyg. A 257,516 (1984) Attemps to Determine the Infecting Serogroup by Means of Agglutinin Absorption from the Leptospirosis Patients' Sera...

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ZbI. Bakt. Hyg. A 257,516 (1984)

Attemps to Determine the Infecting Serogroup by Means of Agglutinin Absorption from the Leptospirosis Patients' Sera Abstract MARCELA NICOLESCU and NICOLET A ANDREESCU Institutul Cant acuzino, Spl. Independentei 103, 70 100 Bucuresti, Roman ia

The mentioned method is much more simple, rapid and pr actical to determine the infecting serogroup of leptospira than the standard method requiring the isolation of the involved strain and only subsequently attempting its identification. Nevertheless, from the scientific and epidemiologic point of view, the standard method should be considered the best one.