Mucoid exopolysaccharide vaccine against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

摘要

A method of inducing an immune response against multiple strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa which comprises administering to a human or animal an amount of mucoid exopolysaccharide from Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2192 sufficient to induce an immune response in the human or animal is disclosed along with the microorganism which produces this antigen and a method of separating the antigen from the crude bacterial slime.