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Potential of MALDI-TOF MS as an alternative approach for capsular typing Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates
28 Mar 2017
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Streptococcus pneumoniae can be classified in more than 90 capsular types, as traditionally determined by serological methods and more recently by PCR-based techniques. Such methods, however, can be expensive, laborious or unable to accurately discriminate among certain serotypes. Therefore, determination of capsular types, although extremely important for epidemiological purposes and for estimating the impact of...
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