International circumpolar surveillance interlaboratory quality control program for emm typing of Streptococcus pyogenes, 2011–2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Rudolph, Karen ; Martin, Irene ; Demczuk, Walter ; Kakulphimp, Jocelyne ; Bruden, Dana ; Zulz, Tammy ; Bruce, Michael
• Description:
  In 2011, an interlaboratory quality control (QC) program for emm typing group A streptococci (GAS) was incorporated into existing international circumpolar surveillance QC programs. From 2011 - 2015, 35 GAS isolates were distributed to three laboratories; emm type-level concordance was 100%, while the overall sub-type level concordance was 83%.
• Keywords:
  Antigens, Bacterial Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Carrier Proteins Emm Typing Laboratory Proficiency Testing Molecular Typing Quality Control Streptococcus Pyogenes
• Source:
  Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 85(4):398-400
• Pubmed ID:
  27238635
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5704931
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  85
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:54f881c7787d17986b0af9d02bdb7d295d0fa6dd943c3669898631ad2dd944fe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50405/cdc_50405_DS1.pdf
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