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WHEN erythrocytes are exposed to culture nitrates of Staphylococcus aureus they can be agglutinated by certain antisera1–6. The erythrocytes are then said to be ‘sensitized’ . Crude extracts of Staphylococci have previously been used, and the sensitized erythrocytes have been agglutinated by antisera prepared in rabbits immunized with Staphylococci5 and also by human sera3,4,6,10. In this communication, the isolation of a sensitizing substance from Staphylococci using gel-filtration with ‘Sephadex’ is described.
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JONES, R. Purification of an Erythrocyte-coating Polysaccharide from Staphylococcus aureus. Nature 200, 593 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200593a0
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