capsular serotype
Capsular Polysaccharide Synthesis Regions in Klebsiella pneumoniae Serotype K57 and a New Capsular Serotype
... the capsular polysaccharide synthesis (cps) regions of three non-K1, non-K2 ...to capsular serotype K57, while the third belonged to a new capsular serotype, different from the ...
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Capsular Serotype K1 or K2, Rather than magA and rmpA, Is a Major Virulence Determinant for Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess in Singapore and Taiwan
... of capsular serotype, magA, and rmpA with virulence, 73 isolates were collected in Singapore and ...Taiwan. Capsular serotypes were determined by countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis, the presence of ...
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PspA Family Distribution, unlike Capsular Serotype, Remains Unaltered following Introduction of the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
... and serotype distribution of isolates from 2002 to ...and capsular serotype distribution (P ⫽ ...in capsular serotype distribution (the highest number of prevalent serotypes and change ...
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Using a practical molecular capsular serotype prediction strategy to investigate Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance in Chinese local hospitalized children
... For most of our local isolates (except 2 non- serotypeable), cpsB sequetyping would be a more straight- forward way to predict serotypes. Although molecular assays are generally considered unaffordable for most de- ...
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Discovery of a New Capsular Serotype (6C) within Serogroup 6 of Streptococcus pneumoniae
... as serotype 6A by the quellung ...purified capsular polysaccha- rides (PSs) from the two subtypes and examined their chemical structures with gas-liquid chromatography and mass ...as serotype 6A but ...
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Development of a Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for the Pig Pathogen Streptococcus suis: Identification of Virulent Clones and Potential Capsular Serotype Exchange
... the capsular genes may be moving horizontally through the ...that serotype 2 isolates there have virulence potentials and virulence factors different from those of Euro- pean isolates ...
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Capsular Serotype and Antibiotic Resistance ofStreptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in Two Chilean Cities
... frequently. Serotype 15B was the pre- dominant example found only in the nasopharynx of healthy individuals in ...while serotype 3 was frequently isolated from normally sterile sites and invasive ...this ...
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Capsular serotype and antibiotic resistance of group B streptococci isolated from pregnant women in Ardabil, Iran.
... Serotyping. The strains were typed based on specific capsular antigen using standard antiserum (Strep B Latex Kit, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark). The typing sera used in this study were Ia, Ib and ...
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Naturally Acquired Human Immunity to Pneumococcus Is Dependent on Antibody to Protein Antigens
... to capsular polysaccharide [9], but also induces both antibody [10–14] and cellular immune responses to protein antigens [15, ...different capsular serotype of pneumococcus [20], providing proof of ...
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Competitive Inhibition Flow Analysis Assay for the Non-Culture-Based Detection and Serotyping of Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharide
... of capsular polysaccharides into their environment, and this may continue for weeks following infection ...ascertain serotype informa- ...each serotype/serogroup, require some kind of antisera ...
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Capsule Expression by Bovine Isolates ofStaphylococcus aureus from Argentina: Genetic and Epidemiologic Analyses
... DNA hybridization experiments. The genes involved in the biosynthesis of CP5 and CP8 are chromosomal and allelic (30). Each gene cluster contains 16 open reading frames (ORFs), named cap5A through cap5P for CP5 and cap8A ...
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Development of a Fourfold Multiplexed Opsonophagocytosis Assay for Pneumococcal Antibodies against Additional Serotypes and Discovery of Serological Subtypes in Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 20
... Assay sensitivity and accuracy (assay comparability). Since there is no standard or reference serum with assigned OPA values, there is no way to measure assay sensitivity and accuracy. Therefore, to ensure that the ...
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Concurrent Serotyping and Genotyping of Pneumococci by Use of PCR and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
... targeted serotype-specific genes within pneumococcal capsular biosynthetic loci corresponding to the serotypes most frequently associated with invasive ...purified capsular polysaccharide vaccine ...
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Conjugation of PspA4Pro with Capsular Streptococcus pneumoniae Polysaccharide Serotype 14 Does Not Reduce the Induction of Cross-Reactive Antibodies
... On a whole, our results show that the conjugation of mPspA4Pro with PS14 provides the expected IgG increase against the polysaccharide moiety, indicating that the conjugation was effective in modifying it into a ...
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Escherichia coli capsule bacteriophages. IV. Primary structure of the bacteriophage 29 receptor, the E. coli serotype 29 capsular polysaccharide.
... coli Serotype 29 Capsular Polysaccharide YUEN-MIN CHOY,V FRANK FEHMEL, NORBERT FRANK, AND STEPHAN STIRM* Max Planck-Institut far Immunbiologie and Institut fair Makromolekulare Chemie de[r] ...
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Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for Immunorecessive Epitopes of Glucuronoxylomannan, the Major Capsular Polysaccharide of Cryptococcus neoformans, Reduce Serotype Bias in an Immunoassay for Cryptococcal Antigen
... the capsular polysaccharide antigen of Cryptococcus neoformans has played an important role in diagnosis of cryptococcosis since introduction of the latex ag- glutination (LA) assay in 1963 ...
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Comparison of a New Multiplex Binding Assay versus the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Measurement of Serotype-Specific Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharide IgG
... The measurement of serotype-specific anti-capsular polysaccharide antibodies remains the mainstay of pneumococcal (Pn) vaccine evaluation. New methods that allow the simultaneous measurement of antibodies ...
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Genetic, Biochemical, and Serological Characterization of a New Pneumococcal Serotype, 6H, and Generation of a Pneumococcal Strain Producing Three Different Capsular Repeat Units
... produced capsular polysaccharide with properties of both serotypes 6A and ...hybrid serotype, we introduced the previously described Ala192- Cys195-Arg254 triad into a 6A strain and found that the change ...
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Capsular Polysaccharide (CPS) Release by Serotype 3 Pneumococcal Strains Reduces the Protective Effect of Anti-Type 3 CPS Antibodies
... the serotype 3 conjugate in PCV13 may be a direct consequence of the CPS release by the organism, a process that differentiates type 3 from other serotypes included in current conjugate ...
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Comparison of Capsular Genes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 6A, 6B, 6C, and 6D Isolates
... of serotype 6A was ST81, and ST83 and ST282 were its single-locus variants (Table ...Taiwanese serotype 6B isolates displayed a common genotype, ST76, serotype 6B isolates showed diverse ...with ...
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