Ce. Flynn et Kl. Ruoff, IDENTIFICATION OF STREPTOCOCCUS-MILLERI GROUP ISOLATES TO THE SPECIESLEVEL WITH A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE RAPID TEST SYSTEM, Journal of clinical microbiology, 33(10), 1995, pp. 2704-2706
Clinical isolates of the ''Streptococcus milleri'' species group were
examined by conventional methods and a rapid, commercially available m
ethod for the identification of these strains to the species level. Th
e levels of agreement between the identifications obtained with the co
mmercially available system (Fluo-Card Milleri; KEY Scientific, Round
Rock, Tex.) and conventional methods were 98% for 50 Streptococcus ang
inosus strains, 97% for 31 Streptococcus constellatus strains, and 88%
for 17 isolates identified as Streptococcus intermedius, Patient reco
rds were also studied in order to gain information on the frequency an
d sites of isolation of each of the three ''S, milleri'' group species
.