A specific polymerase chain reaction test for the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-53

  Prère, Marie Françoise ^a,b,c   Fayet, Olivier A ^a,b  

^a UPS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

PCR identification test; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PSEUDOPNEUMONIAE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955012710     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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