PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D Danielsson
AU  - P Olcén
TI  - Rapid serotyping of groups A, B, and C meningococci by rocket-line immunoelectrophoresis and co-agglutination.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.32.2.136
DP  - 1979 Feb 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 136--142
VI  - 32
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/32/2/136.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/32/2/136.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1979 Feb 01; 32
AB  - Rocket-line immunoelectrophoresis (R-LIE) with antigen containing intermediate gel, and co-agglutination utilising protein A-containing staphylococci coated with specific antibodies, were adapted for serotyping the prototypes of group B meningococci. Both were found to have the same specificity as agar gel double diffusion (AGDD) but they were more sensitive and more rapid than AGDD. R-LIE required, like AGDD, the extraction of relatively large quantities of bacteria, while the co-agglutination method, performed as a slide agglutination tests with results within a few minutes and no need of special equipment, required only a small amount of heated whole meningococcal cells. Meningococcal strains of serogroups B, C, and A from patients with carriers were serotyped and the results with all three methods were in agreement.