Development of species-specific primers for detection of Streptococcus pyogenes from throat swabs

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-116

  Thenmozhi, Ramalingam ^a   Balaji, Kannan ^a   Kanagavel, Murugesan ^a   Karutha Pandian, Shunmugiah ^a  

^a ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

PCR; Species specific primer; Streptococcus pyogenes; Throat swabs

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE CHARACTERIZED AMPLIFIED REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77951127639     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01939.x     Document Type: Article

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