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. 2010 Mar 10;48(5):1611–1618. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02243-09

TABLE 2.

Cumulative serotype and pneumococcus identification comparison of different methods with 100 preselected specimens tested by the DC method

STGG-NP specimen no(s). Serotype detected by the following methoda:
 No. of specimens
DC BEC BEPCR DPCR DRT positives BERT positive
1-34 Neg Neg Neg Neg 1 9
35-37 Neg Neg 021 021 3 3
38 Neg 021 Neg Neg 0 1
39 Neg 35B, NTa 35B 35B 1 1
40 Neg 35B Neg Neg 0 0
41 Neg Neg Neg 35B 1 0
42 Neg 034 034, 10F/10C/33C, 35A/35C/42 034, 10F/10C/33C, 35A/35C/42, 15B/15C 1 1
43 Neg 15C, NT 10F/10C/33C, 15B/15C 10F/10C/33C 1 1
44 Neg 23A 23A Neg 0 1
45 Neg 17F, NT 17F Neg 0 1
46 Neg Neg Neg 17F 1 1
47 Neg 23B 23B neg 0 1
48 Neg Neg Neg 06C 1 1
49 Neg Neg Neg 22F/22A 1 1
50 Neg Neg Neg 15B/15C 1 0
51-55 06C 06C 06C 06C 5 5
56 06C 06C, 15A 06C, 15A/15F 06C, 15A/15F 1 1
57-58 06C 06C 06C Neg 0 2
59 021 021 021, 06C, 23B 021, 06C, 23B 1 1
60 021 021 021 021 1 1
61 021 021 021 Neg 0 1
62-63 15A 15A 15A/15F 15A/15F 2 2
64 15A 15A, NT 15A/15F, 11A/11D, 031 15A/15F, 11A/11D 1 1
65-66 19A 19A 19A 19A 2 2
67-68 23A 23A 23A 23A 2 2
69 23A 23A 23A, 004, 35B 23A 1 1
70 23A 23A 23A Neg 1 1
71 NT 23A, NT 23A 23A 1 1
72-73 11A 11A 11A/11D 11A/11D 2 2
74 11A 11A 11A/11D, 10F/10C/33C 11A/11D 1 1
75 11A 11A, NT 11A/11D, 10F/10C/33C, 15B/15C 11A/11D, 15B/15C 1 1
76 15B 15B, 15C 15B/15C, 16F 15B/15C 1 1
77 15C 15C 15B/15C 15B/15C 1 1
78 15C 15B, 15C 15B/15C 15B/15C 1 1
79 10A 10A 10A, 35A/35C/42 10A, 35A/35C/42 1 1
80-82 10A 10A 10A 10A 3 3
83 003, 23B 003, 23B 003, 23B 003, 23B 1 1
84 003 003 003 003 1 1
85-86 35A 35A 35A/35C/42 35A/35C/42 2 2
87 35A 35A, 021 35A/35C/42, 10A, 020, 021 35A/35C/42, 10A, 21 1 1
88-89 23B 23B 23B 23B 2 2
90 23B 23B 23B Neg 0 1
91-92 33F 33F 33F/33A/37 33F/33A/37 2 2
93 034 034 034 034 1 1
94 NT 034 034 034 1 1
95 07F 07F 7F/7A 7F/7A 1 1
96 12F 12F 12F/12A/44/46 12F/12A/44/46 1 1
97 17F 17F 17F 17F 1 1
98 22F 22F 22F/22A 22F/22A 1 1
99 35B 35B 35B 35B 1 1
100 35F 35F 35F/47F 35F/47F 1 1
No. of positive specimens (no. of serotype identifications) 50 (49) 58 (61) 59 (78) 56 (68) 58 (NAa) 72 (NA)
a

Neg, negative result; NT, nontypeable; NA, not applicable.