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Influence of Coagulase on the Growth of Staphylococci in Normal Human Serum

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COAGULASE-POSITIVE staphylococci multiply easily in normal human sera1 and are not susceptible to the properdin system2. In contrast, coagulase-negative strains of these micro-organisms are inhibited in such serum3. Free staphylococcal coagulase may be a factor destroying the bactericidal properties of serum4–6. Other authors obtained contradictory results7.

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  1. Regional Sanitary and Epidemiological Station, Poznan

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  2. Department of Bacteriology, Medical Academy, Poznan, Al. Stalingradzka 3, Poland

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WLODARCZAK, K., JELJASZEWICZ, J. Influence of Coagulase on the Growth of Staphylococci in Normal Human Serum. Nature 184, 1514–1515 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841514a0

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