"Dodgy 6As": Differentiating pneumococcal serotype 6C from 6A by use of the Quellung reaction

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1981-1982

  Hare, Kim M ^a   Smith Vaughan, Heidi ^a   Binks, Michael ^a   In, Ho Park ^b   Nahm, Moon H ^b   Leach, Amanda J ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LETTER; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUELLUNG REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 66749116636     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00046-09     Document Type: Letter

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