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Paulo Guilherme Markus Lopes1, Vlademir Vicente Cantarelli, Grasiela Agnes, Ane Micheli Costabeber, Pedro Alves d'Azevedo.
Abstract
Real-time PCR based on the recN and gyrB genes was developed to detect four Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex (SBEC) subspecies from rectal swab specimens. The overall prevalence was 35.2%: Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus (11.1%), S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus (13%), Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli (20.4%), and S. infantarius subsp. infantarius (11.1%). To conclude, these real-time PCR assays provide a reliable molecular method to detect SBEC pathogenic subspecies from rectal swab specimens.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24391203 PMCID: PMC3957755 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03253-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948