Direct serogrouping of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in clinical samples by use of a latex agglutination test.
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.
Sanz
Juan Carlos
JC
Unidad de Microbiología Clínica, Laboratorio Regional de Salud Pública, Comunidad de Madrid, Calle General Oraá, 15, 28006 Madrid, Spain. juan.sanz@salud.madrid.org
Culebras
Esther
E
Ríos
Esther
E
Rodríguez-Avial
Iciar
I
Wilhelmi
Isabel
I
Ramos
Belén
B
Ordobás
María
M
Picazo
Juan José
JJ
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