Table 1.
Comparison of the serological properties of pneumococcal isolate MNZ920 and the established serological properties for the four serotypes in serogroup 6
| Finland | SSI Denmark | Reaction patterns with known serotypes* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First typing† | Second typing‡ | 6A | 6B | 6C | 6D | ||
| Factor sera | |||||||
| 6b | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| 6c | + | + | + | − | + | − | + |
| 6d | + | + | + | − | − | + | + |
| wciNβ | nd | + | nd | − | − | + | + |
nd, Not done.
†The lot numbers of the SSI factor sera used for the first typing were: 6b (H6b11A1); 6c (H6c11C1); and 6d (L6d11C1).
‡The lot numbers of the SSI factor sera used for the second typing were: 6b (L6b22A1); 6c (H6c12A1); and 6d (L6d11C1).