Open AccessTHE DEVELOPMENT OF A PHAGE-TYPING SYSTEM FOR GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCI
Author(s) -
Jacqueline Stringer
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-13-1-133
Subject(s) - meningitis , streptococcus , neonatal meningitis , group b , sepsis , medicine , septic arthritis , carriage , osteomyelitis , neonatal sepsis , aseptic meningitis , disease , streptococcus agalactiae , serotype , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pediatrics , arthritis , pathology , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , gene
A typing system for group-B streptococci, based on the use of 24 phages, has been evaluated. Used in conjunction with serotyping, it gave highly discriminating and reproducible results.