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Identification of surface proteins of group B streptococci: serotyping versus genotyping
Andreas Radtke1, Fanrong Kong, Kåre Bergh
1Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Trondheim, Norway. andreas.radtke@ntnu.no
Journal of Microbiological Methods
|July 4, 2009
Abstract:
We compared serotyping to genotyping of group B streptococcal (GBS) surface proteins in 147 Australasian isolates. Results were concordant for the two methods in 73.8% of 122 isolates, discordant for three and partially discordant for 29 isolates. For the purpose of epidemiological typing of GBS, genotyping is superior to serotyping.
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