Present situation of serotyping of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Japan and correlation among three kinds of commercially available serotyping kits

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 201-205

  Goto, Sachiko ^a   Tsuji, Akiyoshi ^a   Oguri, Toyoko ^b   Kobayashi, Intetsu ^c   Nishida, Minoru ^a   Yabuuchi, Eiko ^d  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mei assay kit; P. aeruginosa; RBT kit; Seiken kit; Serological typing; Slide agglutination test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033398735     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101560050035     Document Type: Article

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