Objectives: To evaluate the performance of the Rapid ID 32 Strep system in the hands of
clinical microbiologists without expert knowledge of streptococci or enterococci. Methods …

We examined two ELISA methods for measuring antibodies to Streptococcus pneumoniae
using tyraminated S. pneumoniae polysaccharide types 3, 7N, 9F and 14 as antigens. The …

Introduction. The technical procedures used in this study have been described, the
specificity of the tests has been discussed, and the incidence of three types of antibodies to …

Group A streptococci of M protein type 5 have been epidemiologically related to acute
rheumatic fever in a number of reported outbreaks. Preliminary bacteriological evidence …

The lack of a surrogate-of-immunity assay presents a major barrier to Streptococcus
pyogenes research. Modification of the Lancefield assay to include an antibody digestion …

The lectin of the tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum, or of the potato, Solanum tuberosum, can
be passively coupled to amide-modified polystyrene spheres to be used as a detection …

As a part of studies of streptococcal infections of the upper respiratory tract, sera from 142
individuals (mean age 11.9 years) with signs and symptoms on tonsillitis or pharyngitis and …

Rheumatic fever is a serious post-infectious sequela of group A Streptococcus (GAS). Prior
GAS exposures were mapped in sera using a large panel of M-type specific peptides …

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an inflammatory disease that occurs as a delayed sequel to
group A streptococcal infection. The pathogenesis of ARF is thought to be mediated by …

Two serologically distinct antibodies directed against different antigenic sites on the Group A
carbohydrate were detected in human sera by agglutination techniques. Agglutinins with A …