Journal article
Diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia by psaA PCR analysis of lung aspirates from adult patients in Kenya.
- Abstract:
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psaA is the gene encoding pneumococcal surface adhesin A (PsaA), a 37-kDa protein expressed on the surface of Streptococcus pneumoniae. PCR primers for psaA have been shown to amplify the target DNA sequence in all 90 serotypes of S. pneumoniae and in none of 67 heterologous pathogens and colonizing bacteria of the upper respiratory tract. Pathogenic bacteria identified in lung aspirate specimens cannot normally be dismissed as contaminants or colonizers, which limit the assay specificity of ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
- Volume:
- 41
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 2554-2559
- Publication date:
- 2003-06-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1098-660X
- ISSN:
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0095-1137
- Source identifiers:
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38635
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:38635
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- pubs:38635
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2003
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