title: [Co-agglutination as an alternative to precipitin testing in streptococcal grouping (author's transl)].
abstract: Grouping of beta-hemolytic streptococcal strains was performed over a six months period on a total of 102 isolates. The purpose was to compare the Lancefield method with three different possibilities offered by the Co-agglutination technique. The results show that the Co-agglutination is as reliable as precipitin testing but it can be much more sensitive and rapid than any other method.
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D012703:Serotyping / Q000379:methods*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000145:classification*
vernacular_title: La co-agglutinazione come alternativa al test di precipitazione in capillare nell'identificazione di gruppo degli streptococchi.