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An investigation into the properties of klebsiella strains isolated from ankylosing spondylitis patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

Phyllis E. Pease ,
Ruth A. Tyler ,
J. R. England ,
Diane Colthorpe  and
A. Ebringer
Phyllis E. Pease
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TJ, Immunology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Queen Elizabeth College, London, W.8 and Department of Microbiology and Rheumatology, Middlesex Hospital, London, W. 1
Ruth A. Tyler
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TJ, Immunology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Queen Elizabeth College, London, W.8 and Department of Microbiology and Rheumatology, Middlesex Hospital, London, W. 1
J. R. England
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TJ, Immunology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Queen Elizabeth College, London, W.8 and Department of Microbiology and Rheumatology, Middlesex Hospital, London, W. 1
Diane Colthorpe
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TJ, Immunology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Queen Elizabeth College, London, W.8 and Department of Microbiology and Rheumatology, Middlesex Hospital, London, W. 1
A. Ebringer
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TJ, Immunology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Queen Elizabeth College, London, W.8 and Department of Microbiology and Rheumatology, Middlesex Hospital, London, W. 1
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Thirty-nine strains of klebsiella isolated from ankylosing spondylitis patients were examined by the methods of Cowan & Steel (1974), those described by Edmondson et al. (1980) and by capsular typing. No significant difference was detected by any of these methods between these strains and those examined by other workers from non-ankylosing spondylitis patients and other environments.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 89 , Issue 1 , August 1982 , pp. 119 - 123
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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