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Serological cross-reaction between Legionella spp. and Capnocytophaga ochracea by using latex agglutination test
1Department of Clinical Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
Cross-reactivity between Legionella spp. and Capnocytophaga ochracea was noted by latex agglutination tests (Serobact Legionella; Disposable Products, Adelaide, Australia). Four of 11 (36%) C. ochracea isolates agglutinated with latex reagents designed to identify Legionella pneumophila serogroups. C. ochracea isolated on buffered charcoal yeast extract media may give false-positive results in this Legionella latex agglutination assay.