Method for the serological typing of the capsular polysaccharides of Staphylococcus aureus

作者：Walter W. Karakawa, Joëlle Fournier, Willie F. Vann, Robert D. Arbeit, Rachel Schneerson, John B. Robbins · 发表于：Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 年份：1985 · DOI：10.1128/jcm.22.3.445-447.1985 · 被引用次数：144 · 研究领域：Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus、Mycobacterium research and diagnosis、Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

A method is described for typing Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharides that is based on direct bacterial cell agglutination and immunoprecipitation of cell extracts with monospecific antisera. Encapsulated strains were identified by their inagglutinability with teichoic acid antisera. The typing sera reacted specifically with extracts of eight prototype strains.