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Combinational detection of autolysin and penicillin-binding protein 2B genes of Streptococcus pneumoniae by PCR
1 Mar 1996
Abstract excerpt
PCR was used to identify penicillin resistance in 1,062 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Three sets of primers were designed to amplify (i) a 240-bp fragment of the penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 2B gene (pbp2b) of penicillin-susceptible S. pneumoniae (PSSP), (ii) a 215-bp fragment of the class A mutations of the pbp2b gene present in penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae, and (iii) a 286-bp fragment...
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