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PCR Identification of the Group A Neisseria Meningitidis Gene in Cerebrospinal Fluid
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- Orvelid, Paula (author)
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Örebro Medical Center Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- Bäckman, Anders (author)
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Örebro Medical Center Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- Olcén, Per, 1943- (author)
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Örebro Medical Center Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- 2009-07-08
- 1999
- English.
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0036-5548 .- 1651-1980. ; 31:5, s. 481-483
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- The aim of this study was to develop a PCR method for direct identification of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A in cerebrospinal fluid. The assay makes use of unique sites within the gene cassette responsible for expression of the (α1→6)-linked N-acetyl-D-mannosamine-1-phosphate serogroup A capsule. A total of 67 different N. meningitidis strains and 12 clinical samples of CSF, culture positive for N. meningitidis, were examined. All the strains and samples of N. meningitidis serogroup A were correctly identified by an amplified PCR product of 519 bp. The PCR method for identification is specific for the group A gene of N. meningitidis. The assay may contribute to reducing recurrent, devastating epidemics of meningococcal infection by providing a diagnostic tool for grouping in developing countries where problems with false negative cultures are common and vaccination against serogroup A meningococci may be required.
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