Neonaal meningitis and pneumonia due to Lancefield group B streptococci.
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Clinical application of immunofluorescence. 3. Identification of Lancefield group B streptococci.
The identification of Lancefield group B streptococci with immunofluorescence was studied after significant differences between the precipitin and immunofluorescent results were noted. It was found that strains of group B streptococci, unlike groups A, C, and G streptococci, do not reliably react with a fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled conjugate that contains antibodies mainly against C polys...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.45.239.147