Serotyping Streptococcus pneumoniae by multiplex PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2378-2384

  Brito, D A ^a   Ramirez, M ^a,b   De Lencastre, H ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DNA TEMPLATE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037505612     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2378-2384.2003     Document Type: Article

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