Confirmation of psaA in all 90 serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae by PCR and potential of this assay for identification and diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 434-437

  Morrison, Katherine E ^a   Lake, Derrick ^a   Crook, Jennifer ^a   Carlone, George M ^a   Ades, Edwin ^a   Facklam, Richard ^a   Sampson, Jacquelyn S ^a,b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033981332     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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