Open AccessTyping of Haemophilus influenzae by Coagglutination and Conventional Slide Agglutination
Author(s) -
Roxanne Shively,
Janet T. Shigel,
Ellena M. Peterson,
Luis M. de la Maza
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.14.6.706-708.1981
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , agglutination (biology) , haemophilus influenzae , typing , haemophilus parainfluenzae , haemophilus , biology , virology , bacteria , antibody , immunology , genetics , antibiotics
Coagglutination was compared with conventional slide agglutination for the typing of 297 clinical isolates ofHaemophilus sp. A 100% correlation was found with theH. influenzae type b isolates. Coagglutination showed no false-positive reactions with the nontypable strains ofH. influenzae andH. parainfluenzae isolates; however, conventional slide agglutination exhibited many false-positive and non-interpretable reactions.
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