Non-pneumococcal mitis-group streptococci confound detection of pneumococcal capsular serotype-specific loci in upper respiratory tract

We performed culture-based and PCR-based tests for pneumococcal identification and serotyping from carriage specimens collected in rural and urban Kenya. Nasopharyngeal specimens from 237 healthy children <5 years old (C-NPs) and combined nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal specimens from 158 adults (A-NP/...

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Principais autores:	Maria da Gloria Carvalho, Fabiana C. Pimenta, Iaci Moura, Alexis Roundtree, Robert E. Gertz Jr, Zhongya Li, Geofrey Jagero, Godfrey Bigogo, Muthoni Junghae, Laura Conklin, Daniel R. Feikin, Robert F. Breiman, Cynthia G. Whitney, Bernard W. Beall
Format:	Artigo
Sprog:	Inglês
Udgivet:	PeerJ Inc. 2013-06-01
Serier:	PeerJ
Fag:	Pneumococcal serotype-specific loci Mitis group streptococci Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal flora PCR for serotype deduction
Online adgang:	https://peerj.com/articles/97.pdf
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