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Application of the real-time PCR method for genotypic identification of β-lactam resistance in isolates from invasive pneumococcal diseases.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Apr 2012
Chiba Naoko, Morozumi Miyuki, Ubukata Kimiko
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We sought to identify genotypic resistance classes by real-time PCR in 300 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from invasive pneumococcal diseases. Primers and molecular beacon probes were designed for the lytA gene, 3 pbp genes, and the mefA/ermB genes. Targeted sequences of pbp1a, pbp2x, and pbp2b genes in susceptible strain R6 corresponded to those of penicillin G-nonsusceptible strains, including sites within...
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