Current methods for capsular typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-49

  Jauneikaite, Elita ^a,b   Tocheva, Anna S ^a   Jefferies, Johanna M C ^a,c   Gladstone, Rebecca A ^a   Faust, Saul N ^a,c   Christodoulides, Myron ^a   Hibberd, Martin L ^b,d   Clarke, Stuart C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharide; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GOLD STANDARD; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NANOFLUIDICS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUELLUNG REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE LINE BLOT HYBRIDIZATION ASSAY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; SEROTYPE; TIME;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VACCINE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SEROGROUP; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 84926443469     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.03.006     Document Type: Review

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