Sequential multiplex PCR for determining capsular serotypes of pneumococci recovered from Brazilian children

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1185-1188

  Dias, Cícero A ^a,b   Teixeira, Lúcia Martins ^b   Carvalho, Maria Da Glória ^c   Beall, Bernard ^c  

^a HOSPITAL MÃE DE DEUS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34748903452     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47347-0     Document Type: Article

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