RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the routine venerelogical laboratory: Comparative study of coagglutination, direct immunofluorescence, and sugar fermentation reaction.
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 144
OP 147
DO 10.1136/sti.56.3.144
VO 56
IS 3
A1 T Rufli
YR 1980
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/56/3/144.abstract
AB The coagglutination (CoA) method for the identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae colonies grown on selective culture media was used on 116 strains in a routine venereological laboratory together with the direct immunofluorescence (IF) test and the sugar fermentation reaction. Correlation of results between the CoA method and the direct IF test and between the CoA test and the sugar fermentation reaction was 95.7% and 97% respectively. The sugar fermentation reaction requires subcultures and is more time-consuming than the IF test; the latter needs elaborate technical equipment and experience. The CoA method however can be carried out with the primary culture, is technically easy to perform and to reproduce, and the result is available within minutes.