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

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and typing

Screening for SCC mec type II vs IV