Novel PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism method for determining serotypes or serogroups of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2656-2661

  Batt, Sarah L ^a   Charalambous, Bambos M ^a   McHugh, Timothy D ^a   Martin, Siobhan ^b   Gillespie, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIA GENE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DEXB GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 20444468494     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2656-2661.2005     Document Type: Article

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