Modification of the bile solubility test for rapid identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 9 ·No. 2 ·1979-02-00 ·Pages 290-1

Murray PR

Abstract

A modified bile solubility test is described which can be used to presumptively identify Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered in blood culture.

MeSH Terms

Bacteriological Techniques Blood/microbiology Deoxycholic Acid/pharmacology Humans Solubility Streptococcal Infections/microbiology Streptococcus pneumoniae/classification,drug effects

Chemicals

Deoxycholic Acid

Authors & Affiliations

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Murray P R

References (3)

3 references, click to expand

RAPID METHOD FOR DEMONSTRATING BILE SOLUBILITY OF DIPLOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE.
J Bacteriol. 1965 Aug;90:549 PMID: 14329473
Evaluation of routine subcultures of macroscopically negative blood cultures for detection of anaerobes.
J Clin Microbiol. 1978 Oct;8(4):427-30 PMID: 363740
Presumptive identification of bacteria from blood cultures in four hours.
J Infect Dis. 1971 Nov;124(5):499-504 PMID: 4940176

Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.9.2.290-291.1979

Published

1979-02-00

Pages

290-1

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC273011

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.9.2.290-291.1979 PMC Full Text View journal details

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