Latex Assay for Serotyping of Group B Streptococcus Isolates
Open Access
- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (9) , 4445-4447
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.9.4445-4447.2003
Abstract
We developed a group B streptococcus (GBS) latex serotyping kit that reduces the numbers of GBS nontypeable isolates by nearly 50%. A total of 232 isolates were tested, and 203 isolates were serotyped by the GBS latex test, while the capillary precipitation test serotyped 184 isolates.Keywords
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