Open AccessSimultaneous Identification of 29 Prevalent Invasive Pneumococcal Serotypes or Pairs of Serotypes by Hybridization-Ligation PCR
Author(s) -
Montserrat Ortega Doménech,
David Tarragó
Publication year - 2012
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.06548-11
Subject(s) - serotype , biology , streptococcus pneumoniae , polymerase chain reaction , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , ligation , pneumococcal infections , gene , genetics , antibiotics
A hybridization-ligation PCR assay was developed for the simultaneous detection and identification of 21 pneumococcal serotypes and 8 pairs of serotypes in the same serogroup: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 6C-6D, 7F-7A, 8, 9A-9V, 9N-9L, 11A, 14, 15B-15C, 16F, 17F, 18B-18C, 19A, 19F, 20, 21, 22A-22F, 23A, 23B, 23F, 28A-28F, 35B and 38. This novel assay was validated with 185 serotyped pneumococcal invasive clinical isolates and 57 culture-negative pleural fluids previously typed by real-time PCR.
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