Table 1.
Specificity panel
| Organism | No. | Source/strain |
|---|---|---|
| Positive control isolates | ||
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 36 | Clinical isolates (25); SHLMPRL isolates (10); ATCC 49619 |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 47 | Clinical isolates (25); SHLMPRL isolates (18) (serotypes A, B, D, E, F, NTHi); ATCC 9007 (serotype C); ATCC 49766 (NTHi); ATCC 49247 (NTHi); NCTC 8468 |
| Staphyloccoccus aureus | 41 | Clinical isolates (25); SMRSARL isolates (10); MRSA S113; ATCC 25923; ATCC 1026; ATCC BAA-976; ATCC BAA-977; ATCC 29213 |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 26 | Clinical isolates (25); NCTC 11020 |
| Escherichia coli | 28 | Clinical isolates (25); NCTC 13476; ATCC 25922; ATCC 35218 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 28 | Clinical isolates (25); NCTC 13442; NCTC 13443; NCTC 13439 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 26 | Clinical isolates (25); ATCC 27853 |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 17 | Clinical isolates (16); NCTC 13424 |
| Negative control isolates (n = 88) | ||
| Abiotrophia adiacens | 1 | NCTC 13000 |
| Acinetobacter calcoaceticus | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Acinetobacter haemolyticus | 1 | NCTC 12155 |
| Acinetobacter. johnsonii | 1 | NCTC 12154 |
| Acinetobacter junii | 1 | NCTC 12153 |
| Acinetobacter lwoffii | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Acinetobacter nosocomialis | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Actinomyces israelii | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans | 1 | NCTC 9710 |
| Aggregatibacter segnis | 1 | SHLMPRL isolate |
| Arcanobacterium haemolyticum | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Bordetella parapertussis | 1 | NCTC 5952 |
| Bordetella pertussis | 1 | NEQAS 1505 |
| Chlamydophila pneumoniae (DNA) | 1 | CM-1 (VR1360) |
| Chlamydophila psittaci (DNA) | 1 | 6BC |
| Corynebacterium striatum | 1 | NCTC 764 |
| Eikenella corrodens | 1 | ATCC BAA-1152 |
| Enterobacter hormacecei | 1 | ATCC 700323 |
| Enterococcus casseliflavus | 1 | ATCC 700327 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 1 | ATCC 51299 |
| Fusobacerium necrophorum | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Gemella morbillorum | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Haemophilus aphrophilus | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Haemophilus haemolyticus | 1 | NCTC 10659 |
| Haemophilus parahaemolyticus | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae | 10 | Clinical isolate |
| Haemophilus paraphrohaemolyticus | 1 | NCTC 10670 |
| Kingella kingae | 1 | NCTC 10529 |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Legionella pneumophila | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Micrococcus luteus | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Moraxella atlantae | 1 | NCTC 11091 |
| Moraxella lacunata | 1 | NCTC 11011 |
| Moraxella nonliquefaciens | 1 | NCTC 10464 |
| Moraxella osloensis | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 1 | NCTC 10119 |
| Mycoplasma salivarium | 1 | NCTC 10113 |
| Neisseria cinerea | 1 | SBSTIRL isolate |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | 1 | SBSTIRL isolate |
| Neisseria lactamica | 1 | SBSTIRL isolate |
| Neisseria meningitidis | 1 | SBSTIRL isolate |
| Neisseria mucosa | 1 | SBSTIRL isolate |
| Neisseria perflava | 1 | SBSTIRL isolate |
| Neisseria sicca | 1 | SBSTIRL isolate |
| Neisseria subflava | 1 | SBSTIRL isolate |
| Peptostreptococcus magnus | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | 1 | NCTC 11834 |
| Prevotella intermedia | 1 | NCTC 13070 |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens | 1 | NCTC 10038 |
| Pseudomonas putida | 1 | NCTC 10936 |
| Pseudomonas stutzeri | 1 | NCTC 10475 |
| Staphylococcus capitis | 1 | SMRSARL isolate |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 3 | ATCC 12228, SMRSARL isolate (2) |
| Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 2 | SMRSARL isolate |
| Staphylococcus hominis | 1 | SMRSARL isolate |
| Staphylococcus intermedius | 1 | SMRSARL isolate |
| Staphylococcus lugdunensis | 1 | SMRSARL isolate |
| Staphylococcus pseudintermedius | 1 | SMRSARL isolate |
| Staphylococcus saphrophyticus | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Staphylococcus warneri | 1 | SMRSARL isolate |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophila | 1 | ATCC 17666 |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Streptococcus anginosus | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Streptococcus bovis | 1 | NCTC 8177 |
| Streptococcus constellatus | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Streptococcus gordonii | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Streptococcus intermedius | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Streptococcus mitis | 1 | SHLMPRL isolate |
| Streptococcus mutans | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Streptococcus oralis | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Streptococcus parasanguinis | 2 | SHLMPRL isolate, clinical isolate |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Streptococcus salivarius | 1 | ATCC 19258 |
| Streptococcus sanguinis | 1 | Clinical isolate |
| Ureaplasma urealyticum | 1 | NCTC 10177 |
ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; NCTC, National Collection of Type Cultures, Public Health England; NTHi, non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae; SBSTIRL, Scottish Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infection Reference Laboratory; SHLMPRL, Scottish Haemophilus, Legionella, Meningococcus and Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory; SMRSARL, Scottish MRSA Reference Laboratory.