Identification of Serotype in Culture Negative Pneumococcal Meningitis Using Sequential Multiplex PCR: Implication for Surveillance and Vaccine Design

BACKGROUND: PCR-based serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae has been proposed as a simpler approach than conventional methods, but has not been applied to strains in Asia where serotypes are diverse and different from other part of the world. Furthermore, PCR has not been used to determine serotype...

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Autores principales: Saha, Samir K., Darmstadt, Gary L., Baqui, Abdullah H., Hossain, Belal, Islam, Maksuda, Foster, Dona, Al-Emran, Hassan, Naheed, Aliya, Arifeen, Shams El, Luby, Stephen P., Santosham, Mathuram, Crook, Derrick
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2571985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18974887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003576

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