SOF results, 2007

Week 2: The SOF tests were very clear this year, and about the right percentage of isolates are SOF+ve. In general, SOF results should correlate with the sof-PCR. You should know why the horse serum turns cloudy ('opacifies') after incubation with the S.pyogenes culture supernatant

> Gp 1 SOF [click on the image for a larger version]

Row A: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.0
Row B: +,+,-,-, nothing, blank(?).

> Gp 2 SOF [click on the image for a larger version]

Column 1 (A-H): Blank, -ve, +ve, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
Column 2 (A-H): 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10 (F-G, blanks)

> Gp 3 SOF [click on the image for a larger version]

Row A: 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, - - 3.7

> Gp 4 SOF

Row A: 4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,4.5,4.6,4.7,4.8,4.9,4.10, +ve, -ve. B1=blank.

> Gp 5 SOF [click on the image for a larger version]

Rows A+B are duplicates: 5.1,5.2,5.3,5.4,5.5,5.6,5.7,5.8,5.9,5.10.
Rows G+H (duplicates): Blank, +ve, -ve.

> Gp 6 SOF [click on the image for a larger version]

Row A: (what is in each well? please email me) The last 3 wells are +ve, -ve, Blank.