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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2003, p. 4445-4447, Vol. 41, No. 9
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4445-4447.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Latex Assay for Serotyping of Group B Streptococcus Isolates

H.-C. Slotved,1* J. Elliott,2 T. Thompson,2 and H. B. Konradsen1

Production Unit, Department of Respiratory Infections, Meningitis and STIs, Division of Microbiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark,1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 303332

Received 10 April 2003/ Returned for modification 17 May 2003/ Accepted 16 June 2003

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Production Unit, Department of Respiratory Infections, Meningitis and STIs, Division of Microbiology, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark. Phone: 45 32688422. Fax: 45 32683865. E-mail: hcs{at}ssi.dk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2003, p. 4445-4447, Vol. 41, No. 9
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4445-4447.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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