Use of litchi chinesis lectins [agglutinins] in diagnostic microbiology

ABSTRACT

One hundred and thirteen clinical isolates of organisms were tested for agglutination by Litchi chinensis seed extract. The extract selectively agglutinated gram positive organisms and most of the B-haemolytic Esch. coli and Proteus isolates. Further studies with a purified extract made it possible to develop an identification procedure for certain important antigenic groups of organisms