Rapid Detection of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Cerebrospinal Fluid by a Seminested-PCR Strategy
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Rapid detection of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in cerebrospinal fluid by a seminested-PCR strategy.
A seminested-PCR assay, based on the amplification of the pneumococcal penicillin-binding protein 2B gene (pbp2B), was developed for the detection of penicillin-resistant and -susceptible pneumococci in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens. Species-specific primers (P5 and P6) which amplified a 682-bp conserved region of the transpeptidase-encoding region of the pbp2B gene were used. Four "resis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.453-457.1998