Open AccessFifteen-Minute Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes in Throat Swabs by Use of a Commercially Available Point-of-Care PCR Assay
Author(s) -
James R. Uhl,
Robin Patel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.03387-15
Subject(s) - throat , streptococcus pyogenes , microbiology and biotechnology , förster resonance energy transfer , clinical microbiology , biology , virology , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , fluorescence , genetics , physics , anatomy , quantum mechanics
Since 2002, our clinical microbiology laboratory has routinely performed Streptococcus pyogenes PCR on throat swabs using a previously-described LightCycler® assay which uses Roche ASR primers and FRET probes (1).….
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