TABLE 2.

Pneumococcal serotypes identified by assay of CSF and pneumococcal suspensions in the competitive inhibition microsphere assay and PCR

Sample identifier	Serotype identifieda
	CSF			Pneumococcal suspension
	PCR	Antigen capture		PCR	Antigen capture
		89-SF	MAbs		89-SF	MAbs
1
5b	6A/6B	1	1	6A/6B	22F
7	19A			19A	1	1
9	6A/6B	1	Not tested	6A/6B	1	1
10	12F	12F		12F	12F
12	12F	12F		12F	12F
17	14	No sample	No sample	14	14	14
19	35B			35B
21	6A/6B	6A	6A	6A/6B	6A	6A
22	19F	19F	19F	19F	19F	19F
25	6A/6B	6B	6B	6A/6B	6B	6B
26	8	8		8	8
28c				5	5
30	6A/6B	1	1	6A/6B	1	1
32	14	14	14	14	No sample	No sample
33	14			14	14	14
38	14	14	14	14	No sample	No sample
45	6A/6B	6B	6B	6A/6B	6B	6B
46	7F	7F		7F	7F
47	23F			23F	23F
51	6A/6B	6B	6B	6A/6B	No sample	No sample
52	1	1	1	1	1	1
54	16F			16F
55	23F	23F		23F	23F
59	1	1	1	1	1	1
60	6A/6B	6B	6B	6A/6B	6B	6B
65	6A/6B	6B	6B	6A/6B	6B	6B
66	23F	23F		23F	23F
69	23F	23F		23F	23F
72	23F	23F		23F	23F
77	1	No sample	No sample	1	1	1
78	23F	23F		23F	23F
79c,d	6A/6B			6A/6B	6A/6B	6A/6B
80	23F	23F		23F	23F
81	No growth	9V/9N		No growth	9V/9N
82	1	1	1	1	1	1
90e	sg18	18C		sg18	18C
93	No growth	6B	6B	No growth	No sample	No sample
95	1	1	1	1	1	1
97	1	1	1	1	1	1
104b	12F	12F		12F	5
105	No growth	14	14	No growth	14	14
107	15A			15A
110	No growth	14	14	No growth	14	14
111	1	1	1	1	1	1
112	sg18	18c		sg18	18C
113	17F	17F		17F	17F
116	No growth	23F		No growth	No sample
118
119	1	1	1	1	1	1
122	No growth	1	Not tested	No growth	1	1
126	35F			35F
127	No growth	1	Not tested	No growth	1	1
138	16F			16F
139
140	14	14	14	14	14	14
148	10A			10A
150	6A/6B	6A	6A	6A/6B	6A	6A
153		6B	6B		No sample
155	No sample	23F		No growth	23F
159	4	4		4	4
161	No growth			No growth	No sample
162	1	1	1	1	1	1

^aBlank cell, no serotype detected.

^bDiscrepancy between the serotype identified in CSF and that identified in the suspension.

^cNo serotype was identified in the CSF.

^dSerotype 6A inhibition was greater than that of serotype 6B inhibition; no discrimination was achieved with the serotype 6A- and serotype 6B-specific MAbs.

^eThe PCR assay determined only serogroup 18.