Pathogen |
Test(s) |
Neisseria meningitidis |
Serogrouping and confirmation using standard PCR
Multilocus sequence typing (MLST), pulsed field gel electrophoresis, and serosubtyping on samples of isolates as part of special projects
|
Haemophilus influenzae |
Serotyping (a-f)
Biotyping (upon request)
|
group A streptococcus |
T and emm typing of all isolates
Sof sequence typing of a subset of isolates
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of a subset of isolates |
group B streptococcus |
Serotyping of isolates from select surveillance areas
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of isolates from select surveillance areas |
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of all isolates
Serotyping of all isolates
Genotyping certain groups of isolates (pulsed field gel electrophoresis, multilocus sequence typing, penicillin binding protein gene and dhf gene-specific restriction fragment length polymorphism/sequence analysis, molecular analysis of resistance mechanisms) |
Beta-hemolytic (non-A, non-B streptococci): |
Serogrouping and emm typing of isolates from select surveillance areas |
Staphylococcus aureus resistant to methicillin |
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and typing
Screening for SCC mec type II vs IV
PCR detection of genes for TSST1, PVL and selected enterotoxins |