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[Association of acquired polyagglutinabilities of types T and B. An observation]
Although T and acquired B polyagglutinabilities are not exceptional, simultaneous occurence of the two types is a rarer phenomenon. Ten days after an open heart surgery operation, the patient, age 55, had an infectious syndrom : two strains, Clostridium perfringens and Peptococcus variabilis were isolated. Simultaneously, her red cells were found to be polyagglutinable. The association of T and acquired B polyagglutinabilities could be demonstrated by serological studies of the patient's red cells, and by in vitro transformation of normal red cells using culture supernatants obtained from the two isolated strains.
Although T and acquired B polyagglutinabilities are not exceptional, simultaneous occurence of the two types is a rarer phenomenon. Ten days after an open heart surgery operation, the patient, age 55, had an infectious syndrom : two strains, Clostridium perfringens and Peptococcus variabilis were isolated. Simultaneously, her red cells were found to be polyagglutinable. The association of T and acquired B polyagglutinabilities could be demonstrated by serological studies of the patient's red cells, and by in vitro transformation of normal red cells using culture supernatants obtained from the two isolated strains.