Capsular serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae using the quellung reaction

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 84, 2014, Pages

  Habib, Maha ^a   Porter, Barbara D ^a   Satzke, Catherine ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunology; Issue 84; Neufeld; Pneumococcus; Quellung; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; HORSE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; HORSES; IMMUNE SERA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84904543084     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51208     Document Type: Article

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