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The development of a 16S rRNA gene based PCR for the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and comparison with four other species specific PCR assays

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most frequently encountered pathogens in humans but its differentiation from closely related but less pathogenic streptococci remains a challenge. METHODS: This report describes a newly-developed PCR assay (Spne-PCR), amplifying a 217 bp product of...

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Autores principales: El Aila, Nabil Abdullah, Emler, Stefan, Kaijalainen, Tarja, De Baere, Thierry, Saerens, Bart, Alkan, Elife, Deschaght, Pieter, Verhelst, Rita, Vaneechoutte, Mario
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20426878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-104