Serotyping of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.
Serotyping of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus by direct immunofluorescence and a capsule swelling reaction is described. One hundred isolates, including 12 from an outbreak in a neonatal department, were studied. Ninety five per cent of the isolates were typable by immunofluorescence and could be divided into 30 separate types, but 42.1% of typable strains, including 11 from the outbreak, were of one type. Typing results by the capsular swelling reaction generally followed those of immunofluorescence methods.
D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D012703:Serotyping
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000954:Antigens, Surface