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Species of alpha-hemolytic streptococci possessing a C-polysaccharide phosphorylcholine-containing antigen
S H Gillespie1, P H McWhinney, S Patel
1Division of Communicable Diseases, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, England.
Infection and Immunity
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique was used to detect and quantify C-polysaccharide-like antigen in strains of alpha-hemolytic streptococci classified into species by following the latest taxonomic recommendations. C-polysaccharide-like antigen is found only in Streptococcus oralis, S. mitis, and S. pneumoniae, which are genetically closely related.