Identification and capsular serotype sequetyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains.

CONCLUSIONS: These studies affirm the importance of applying reliable identification protocols for S. pneumoniae before serotyping; our protocols provide reliable diagnostic tools, as well as an improved workflow, for serotype identification of pneumococcus and differentiation of serogroup 6 types.
PMID: 31268417 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - July 2, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Gonzales-Siles L, Salvà-Serra F, Degerman A, Nordén R, Lindh M, Skovbjerg S, Moore ERB Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research