Genetic diversity of the pneumococcal capsule: Implications for molecular-based serotyping

Future Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 857-865

  McEllistrem, Mary Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule; Immunology based serotyping; Molecular based serotyping; Quellung reaction; Serotype; Serotype specific genes; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOLD STANDARD; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUELLUNG REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE LINE BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 70349193681     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.58     Document Type: Review

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