PEDIATRICS Vol. 73 No. 1 January 1984, pp. 27-30
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Rapid Diagnosis of Group B Streptococcal Infection Utilizing a Commercially Available Latex Agglutination Assay

Charles A. Friedman MD1, David F. Wender MD1, and John E. Rawson MD1

1 From the Hinds General Hospital, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical School, Jackson

The Wellcogen Strep B latex assay rapidly identifies all cases of culture-positive sepsis and meningitis and may be more sensitive than standard culture techniques for identifying group B Streptococcus disease and assessing the degree of severity. The quantitation of antigen concentration combined with the peripheral WBC count proves helpful in predicting poor outcome.

Key Words: septicemia • group B Streptococcus

Submitted on March 10, 1983
Accepted on June 10, 1983




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