Rapid Fluorescent-Antibody Stain Technique with Group A Streptococci
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 19 (6) , 940-942
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.19.6.940-942.1970
Abstract
A rapid fluorescent-antibody stain technique used with young broth cultures of trypsinized group A streptococci is described. Results from 1,214 trypsinized cultures of group A streptococci employing the rapid stain method were equivalent, both in specificity and sensitivity, when compared to results obtained from identical non-trypsinized cultures stained with the longer standard technique of Cherry, Goldman, and Carski. Moreover, the rapid method requires less than 2 min to complete.Keywords
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