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Phage typing of coagulase-negative staphylococci and micrococci

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Beverly A. Dean ,
R. E. O. Williams ,
Felicity Hall  and
Jean Corse
Beverly A. Dean
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, W2 1PG
R. E. O. Williams
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, W2 1PG
Felicity Hall
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, W2 1PG
Jean Corse
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, W2 1PG
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A total of 3217 strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci and micrococci were tested for susceptibility to a collection of phages isolated from coagulase-negative cocci; it was concluded that a useful typing scheme could be developed. Of the strains of Baird-Parker's biotype 1, 72% were lysed by one or more phages, although rather a large proportion of strains are lysed by many phages to give a complex typing pattern.

Normal persons commonly yield 10 or more distinguishable strains of coagulase-negative cocci in cultures from the nose and the skin.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 71 , Issue 2 , June 1973 , pp. 261 - 270
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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