Two latex agglutination techniques for the rapid detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus agalactiae and Enterococcus spp. directly from the positive blood culture bottle

• Published in: Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica Vol. 29; no. 3; p. 234
• Main Authors: Fontanals, Dionisia, Cebollero, Alba, Immaculada Pons, Mercé Lloret E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Spain 01.03.2011
• Subjects: Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacteriological Techniques - instrumentation; Early Diagnosis; Enterococcus - immunology; Enterococcus - isolation & purification; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - blood; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - diagnosis; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Humans; Latex Fixation Tests - methods; Pneumococcal Infections - blood; Pneumococcal Infections - diagnosis; Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology; Prospective Studies; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; Reproducibility of Results; Species Specificity; Streptococcal Infections - blood; Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis; Streptococcal Infections - microbiology; Streptococcus agalactiae - immunology; Streptococcus agalactiae - isolation & purification; Streptococcus pneumoniae - immunology; Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification
• ISSN: 1578-1852
• DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2010.05.007