Simple, accurate, serotype-specific PCR assay to differentiate Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes 6A, 6B, and 6C

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2470-2474

  Jin, Ping ^a,b   Xiao, Meng ^c   Kong, Fanrong ^b   Oftadeh, Shahin ^b   Zhou, Fei ^b   Liu, Chunyi ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^b  

^a Bao'an Maternal and Children's Hospital   (China)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE SEROTYPE 6A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE SEROTYPE 6B; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE SEROTYPE 6C; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 68549094295     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00484-09     Document Type: Article

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