Ambiguity in the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Optochin, Bile solubility, Quellung, and the AccuProbe DNA Probe Tests

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-61

  Mundy, Lesley S ^a,b   Janoff, Edward N ^a,b   Schwebke, Kay E ^a,b   Shanholtzer, Carol J ^a,b   Willard, Keith E ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AccuProbe; Optochin; Quellung; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Tube bile solubility

Indexed keywords

ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PROBE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031963002     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/109.1.55     Document Type: Article

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