The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 65, 595-612,
Copyright, 1937, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
STUDIES ON THE SEROLOGICAL TYPING OF STREPTOCOCCUS HEMOLYTICUS
Ruth H. Pauli 1,
Alvin F. Coburn M.D.1, and
With the Assistance of Florence Stone, Ph.D.
1 From the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York
The cross-reactions which interfere with satisfactory serological identification of hemolytic streptococcus are due to anticarbohydrate in the sera used for typing.
This antibody can be removed easily by absorption with purified streptococcus carbohydrate, and type identification is then readily established.
The serological classification of hemolytic streptococcus from throat infections contracted in New York during 1935 and 1936 showed the predominance of types 4, 13 and 22. Type 13 appeared to be the most serious in initiating rheumatic activity during this period of observation.
Submitted on December 27, 1936