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Serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae by latex agglutination
J Kaldor1, R Asznowicz, B Dwyer
1Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, Victoria.
Pathology
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
A simple method is presented for serotyping Streptococcus pneumoniae which uses easily prepared sensitized polystyrene latex particles. The technique is simple, fast and reliable and can detect pneumococcal antigens in body fluids.