| Literature DB >> 21397430 |
Nadine Rouphael1, Sanet Steyn, Mathieu Bangert, Jackie S Sampson, Peter Adrian, Shabir A Madhi, Keith P Klugman, Edwin W Ades.
Abstract
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) offers promise in pneumococcal diagnostics, but whether nasopharyngeal carriage causes false-positive results in people colonized with Streptococcus pneumoniae is unknown. We found in serum no positive samples for pneumococcal DNA in 100 carriers and noncarriers using 2 different real-time PCR assays targeting lytA and psaA genes.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21397430 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.09.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803