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. 1986 Aug;39(8):871–875. doi: 10.1136/jcp.39.8.871

Identifying non-capsulate strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from eyes.

A A Pease, C W Douglas, R C Spencer
PMCID: PMC500115  PMID: 3745478

Abstract

Over six months 10 biochemically and physiologically atypical strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae were isolated from eye swabs. Conventional methodology showed that these strains possessed characteristics of both S pneumoniae and other alpha haemolytic streptococci. The use of sodium dodecyl sulphate - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) enabled us to characterise these strains as S pneumoniae. Loss of the capsule seemed to be associated with atypical biochemical properties.

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