Rapid differentiation between members of the anginosus group and Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis within beta-hemolytic group C and G Streptococci by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1836-1838

  Liu, Liang Chun ^a   Tsai, Jui Chang ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Teng, Lee Jene ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BSMI; PROTEIN XBAI; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS;

EID: 33646546658     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1836-1838.2006     Document Type: Article

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