Antigens, Bacterial

CASE REPORTS
Report of Two Cases of Aseptic Meningitis with Persistence of Pneumococcal Cell Wall Components in Cerebrospinal Fluid after Pneumococcal Meningitis
François Angoulvant, Julie Lachenaud, Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Guillaume Aubertin, Véronique Houdouin, Mathie Lorrot, Laure de Los Angeles, Edouard Bingen, Antoine Bourrillon, Albert Faye
Bacteriology
Performance of Rapid Streptococcal Antigen Testing Varies by Personnel
James W. Fox, Daniel M. Cohen, Mario J. Marcon, William H. Cotton, Bema K. Bonsu
Bacteriology
Evaluation of a Multiplex PCR-Based Reverse Line Blot-Hybridization Assay for Identification of Serotype and Surface Protein Antigens of Streptococcus agalactiae
Xianyu Zeng, Fanrong Kong, Julie Morgan, Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Evaluation of Real-Time and Conventional PCR Targeting Complex 85 Genes for Detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA in Skin Biopsy Samples from Patients Diagnosed with Leprosy
Alejandra N. Martinez, Constança F. P. C. Britto, José A. C. Nery, Elizabeth P. Sampaio, Márcia R. Jardim, Euzenir N. Sarno, Milton O. Moraes
Bacteriology
Evaluation of Two New Immunochromatographic Assays (Rapid U Legionella Antigen Test and SD Bioline Legionella Antigen Test) for Detection of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Antigen in Urine
Bram M. W. Diederen, Marcel F. Peeters
Bacteriology
Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Québec, Canada, Due to an Emerging Clone of ST-269 Serogroup B Meningococci with Serotype Antigen 17 and Serosubtype Antigen P1.19 (B:17:P1.19)
Dennis K. S. Law, Manon Lorange, Louise Ringuette, Réjean Dion, Michel Giguère, Averil M. Henderson, Jan Stoltz, Wendell D. Zollinger, Philippe De Wals, Raymond S. W. Tsang
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Sensitivity Analysis and Potential Uses of a Novel Gamma Interferon Release Assay for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
Simon J. Tsiouris, David Coetzee, Patricia L. Toro, Judy Austin, Zena Stein, Wafaa El-Sadr
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
An In-House RD1-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunospot-Gamma Interferon Assay Instead of the Tuberculin Skin Test for Diagnosis of Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Luigi Codecasa, Paola Mantegani, Laura Galli, Adriano Lazzarin, Paolo Scarpellini, Claudio Fortis
Bacteriology
Can the fliC PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Technique Replace Classic Serotyping Methods for Characterizing the H Antigen of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strains?
Ana Carolina Ramos Moreno, Beatriz Ernestina Cabilio Guth, Marina Baquerizo Martinez
Bacteriology
Sensitivities of Antigen Detection and PCR Assays Greatly Increased Compared to That of the Standard Culture Method for Screening for Group B Streptococcus Carriage in Pregnant Women
Fabien Rallu, Peter Barriga, Carole Scrivo, Valérie Martel-Laferrière, Céline Laferrière

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