Efficient differentiation of Corynebacterium striatum, Corynebacterium amycolatum and Corynebacterium xerosis clinical isolates by multiplex PCR using novel species-specific primers

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 142, Issue , 2017, Pages 33-35

  Santos, Carolina S ^a   Ramos, Juliana N ^b   Vieira, Veronica V ^c   Pinheiro, Carina S ^a   Meyer, Roberto ^a   Alcantara Neves, Neuza M ^a   Ramos, Rommel T ^d   Silva, Artur ^d   Hirata, Raphael ^e   Felicori, Liza ^f   de Alegría Puig, Carlos Ruiz ^g   Navas, Jesús ^g   Azevedo, Vasco ^f   Mattos Guaraldi, Ana L ^e   Pacheco, Luis G C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Oswaldo Cruz Foundation   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial identification; Corynebacterium spp.; Emerging pathogens; Multiplex PCR; Vitek MS

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PRIMER DNA;

16S RRNA GENE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMYCOLATUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM XEROSIS; GENE TARGETING; GENOME SIZE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOB GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROCEDURES;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 85029008813     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2017.09.002     Document Type: Article

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