Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii strains with monoclonal antibodies against the O antigens of their lipopolysaccharides

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-329

  Pantophlet, Ralph ^a   Brade, Lore ^a   Brade, Helmut ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; O ANTIGEN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0032911380     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.3.323-329.1999     Document Type: Article

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