title: [Preliminary study on serotyping of Klebsiella pneumoniae and its clinical significance].
abstract: This paper reports the results of 32 type-specific klebsiella antisera preparations made in our laboratory, through immunizing New Zealand rabbits with standard klebsiella strains. The significant titres of these antisera ranged from 1:8-1:256. Using above mentioned a antisera, 282 isolates of klebsiella mainly isolated from sputa were typed with the method of coagglutination test. The typeable rate of total isolates was 69.1% (195/282). The most common serotypes were K1 and K33, representing 13.1 and 9.6% of total isolates respectively. Of 207 isolates mainly from sputa, 144 isolates (69.6%) were typeable, Serotypes K1 and K33 were also most common. It suggested that serotypes K1 and K33 were probably the most common types in infections of respiratory and urinary tracts in Shanghai. The relationship between serotypes of klebsiella pneumoniae and pathogenicity was discussed.
authors.affiliation: Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical College, Shanghai.
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008875:Middle Aged; D012703:Serotyping; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology