Development of a PCR method for rapid identification of new Streptococcus mutans serotype k strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4925-4930

  Nakano, Kazuhiko ^a   Nomura, Ryota ^a   Shimizu, Noriko ^a   Nakagawa, Ichiro ^a   Hamada, Shigeyuki ^a   Ooshima, Takashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RGPF GENE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 8644260024     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.4925-4930.2004     Document Type: Article

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