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Multiple mechanisms in serum factor-induced resistance of Haemophilus influenzae type b to antibody.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 1990
Kuratana M, Hansen E J, Anderson P
Abstract excerpt
Incubation of Haemophilus influenzae type b at less than or equal to 10(7) CFU/ml with serum ultrafiltrate induces a phenotypic conversion in which complement-mediated bactericidal activity by somatic antibodies decreases while killing by capsular antibody is unchanged. Conversion had been shown to occur in a capsule-deficient (b-) mutant of strain Eag (thus appearing independent of capsulation), to include an...
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