Streptococcus porcinus
"Cross-Reactions of Reagents from Streptococcal Grouping Kits with Streptococcus porcinus."
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 11th, 1997
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology, "Streptococcus porcinus is usually associated with swine. Because we have received several isolates from human sources that had cross-reacted with commercial group B streptococcal reagents, we examined several commercial kits to determine the extent of this cross-reaction. Fifteen reference and 15 clinical strains of S. porcinus were tested for cross-reactions with group B streptococcal reagents from 12 different commercial kits. Cross-reactions were detected with all group B reagents, but the number of cross-reactions varied with each kit. We recommend that manufacturers of...
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