title: Direct serogrouping of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in clinical samples by use of a latex agglutination test.
abstract: Pneumotest-Latex (Statens Seruminstitut) was evaluated for direct serogrouping of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in clinical samples from patients with invasive disease. The technique was accurate to its level of discrimination for 62 of 67 clinical samples (92.5%). Pneumotest-Latex would be a useful alternative for direct serogrouping of pneumococci in clinical samples.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Microbiología Clínica, Laboratorio Regional de Salud Pública, Comunidad de Madrid, Calle General Oraá, 15, 28006 Madrid, Spain. juan.sanz@salud.madrid.org
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Culebras
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ríos
authors.forename: Iciar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Avial
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wilhelmi
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ordobás
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Picazo
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests / Q000379:methods*; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping / Q000379:methods*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification