TABLE 1.
Identification test results for 1,733 isolates provisionally identified as S. pneumoniae obtained from 2004 to 2005
| Test | Result | No. of isolates (n = 1,733) | No. of isolates (%) with AccuProbe result of:
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive (n = 1,647) | Negative (n = 86) | |||
| Bile solubility | Positive | 1,642 | 1,627 (98.8) | 15 (17.4) |
| Negative | 91 | 20 (1.2) | 71 (82.6) | |
| Optochin resistance | Susceptible (>14 mm) | 1,482 | 1,447 (87.9) | 35 (40.7) |
| Resistant (<14mm) | 251 | 200 (12.1) | 51 (59.3) | |
| Omni serum | Positive | 1,657 | 1,635 (99.3) | 22 (25.6) |
| Negative | 76 | 12 (0.7) | 64 (74.4) | |
| Morphology | Button colony | 1,150 | 1,145 (69.5) | 5 (5.8) |
| Mucoid | 192 | 192 (11.7) | ||
| Other | 391 | 310 (18.8) | 81 (94.2) | |