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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 1999, p. 1964-1966, Vol. 37, No. 6
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Rapid and Reliable Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates by Pneumolysin-Mediated Agglutination

M. D. Cima-Cabal,1 F. Vázquez,1 J. R. de los Toyos,2,* and F. J. Méndez1

Área de Inmunología2 and Área de Microbiología,1 Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain

Received 9 November 1998/Returned for modification 11 January 1999/Accepted 6 March 1999

A pneumolysin-based agglutination test which allows an easy, rapid, cost-effective, and accurate (100% specific and 95% sensitive) discrimination between pneumococci and other related human and animal pathogenic bacterial strains has been assayed.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Área de Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, c/ Julián Clavería s/n, 33006 Oviedo, Spain. Phone: 34-98-510 36 60. Fax: 34-98-510 31 48. E-mail: juan{at}lupo.quimica.uniovi.es.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 1999, p. 1964-1966, Vol. 37, No. 6
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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