Evaluation of the antiserum agar method for the serogroup identification of Neisseria meningitidis.

Abstract:

:The antiserum agar method (ASA), which is based on the formation of immunoprecipitates around bacterial growth on agar containing meningococcal hyperimmune horse serum, was evaluated for serogroup identification of Neisseria meningitidis. Four hundred meningococcal stains were serogrouped by ASA employing horse antisera to serogroups A, B, C, Y, W135, Z, and 29E and compared to serogroup identification by bacterial slide agglutination (BA) employing rabbit antisera. Overall, there was 95% agreement between the two methods. The ASA proved to be more accurate than BA since 15 strains which cross-reacted with Y and W135 rabbit antisera by BA were specifically serogrouped as either Y or W135 by ASA. In addition, 5 out of 75 strains which were ungroupable by BA were serogrouped as either B or 29E by ASA. Repeat serogroup identification of 100 meningococcal strains by ASA provided identical results thus showing the reproducibility of the method. The ASA is advantageous to BA since it is more reliable, utilizes standard antisera which do not have to be absorbed to remove cross-reactions, does not require the preparation of standardized bacterial antigen, and is simple to perform.

journal_name

Can J Microbiol

authors

Ashton FE,Ryan A,Diena BB,Frasch CE

doi

10.1139/m79-113

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1979-06-01 00:00:00

pages

784-7

issue

6

eissn

0008-4166

issn

1480-3275

journal_volume

25

pub_type

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