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THE serological differentiation of staphylococci has been the subject of many investigations since the preliminary work of Cowan1 which divided coagulase-positive staphylococci into three main groups according to slide agglutination reactions with adsorbed antisera. Most of the serological reagents appear to be active against various type-specific antigens, and strains are usually classified according to a pattern of reactions. Recently, Haukenes demonstrated that a number of antisera in Oeding's serological typing system2 were actually complexes of different antibodies3–6. Moreover, by small changes in the adsorption schemes, Haukenes has succeeded in preparing some 15 or 20 serological reagents, most of which are useful for typing staphylococci.
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COHEN, J. Studies of Group Agglutinogens of Staphylococcus aureus. Nature 205, 917–918 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205917a0
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