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An investigation into the incidence and sources of klebsiella infections in hospital patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

E. Mary Cooke ,
Janet C. Brayson ,
A. S. Edmondson  and
Diana Hall
E. Mary Cooke
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
Janet C. Brayson
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
A. S. Edmondson
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
Diana Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
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Coliforms isolated from infections over a period of 22 months were examined and 16° were shown to be klebsiellas. The biochemical reactions and serotypes of these klebsiellas were determined and the relationship between species, serotype and type of infection investigated. Although no obvious outbreaks of infection occurred during this period a number of clusters of isolations of the same serotype of klebsiella were found.

Using an enrichment method for the isolation of klebsiellas from faeces, sero and bacteriocin typing, and the examination of ten colonies, it was demonstrated that half of the patients carried a klebsiella of the same type in the bowel as caused the infection.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 82 , Issue 3 , June 1979 , pp. 473 - 480
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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