| Literature DB >> 20007395 |
Juan Carlos Sanz1, Esther Culebras, Esther Ríos, Iciar Rodríguez-Avial, Isabel Wilhelmi, Belén Ramos, María Ordobás, Juan José Picazo.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 20007395 PMCID: PMC2815603 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01651-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948