Sequential Triplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detecting 21 Pneumococcal Capsular Serotypes That Account for a High Global Disease Burden

From Quellung to Multiplex PCR, and Back When Needed, in Pneumococcal Serotyping

(2012) L. Siira et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Potential Nonpneumococcal Confounding of PCR-Based Determination of Serotype in Carriage

(2012) M. d. G. Carvalho et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype-2 Childhood Meningitis in Bangladesh: A Newly Recognized Pneumococcal Infection Threat

(2012) Samir K. Saha et al.   PLoS One

Carriage of Streptoccoccus pneumoniae 7 years after implementation of vaccination program in a population with very high and long-lasting coverage, Italy

(2012) Filippo Ansaldi et al.   VACCINE

Diagnosis of pneumococcal empyema using immunochromatographic test on pleural fluid and serotype distribution in Korean children

(2011) Joon-Ho Lee et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Nasopharyngeal Samples: Use of an Algorithm Combining Microbiologic, Serologic, and Sequential Multiplex PCR Techniques

(2011) Karen Miernyk et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Identification of Pneumococcal Serotypes by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Blood Samples from Italian Children ≤5 Years of Age with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

(2011) Anna Marchese et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Enhanced Determination of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes Associated with Invasive Disease in Laos by Using a Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Serotyping Assay with Cerebrospinal Fluid

(2010) Catrin E. Moore et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Community‐Acquired Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Children: Diagnosis and Serotyping by Real‐Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Blood Samples

(2010) Massimo Resti et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Revisiting Pneumococcal Carriage by Use of Broth Enrichment and PCR Techniques for Enhanced Detection of Carriage and Serotypes

(2010) M. d. G. Carvalho et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Analysis Improves Pathogen Identification and Epidemiologic Study of Pediatric Parapneumonic Empyema

(2010) Anne J. Blaschke et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Realtime PCR Is More Sensitive than Multiplex PCR for Diagnosis and Serotyping in Children with Culture Negative Pneumococcal Invasive Disease

(2010) Chiara Azzari et al.   PLoS One

Simple, Accurate, Serotype-Specific PCR Assay To Differentiate Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes 6A, 6B, and 6C

(2009) P. Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Serotyping Pneumococcal Meningitis Cases in the African Meningitis Belt by Use of Multiplex PCR with Cerebrospinal Fluid

(2009) B.-M. Njanpop Lafourcade et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of pneumococcal serotypes from culture-negative clinical specimens by novel real-time PCR

(2008) D. Tarragó et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

PCR-Based Quantitation and Clonal Diversity of the Current Prevalent Invasive Serogroup 6 Pneumococcal Serotype, 6C, in the United States in 1999 and 2006 to 2007

(2008) M. da Gloria Carvalho et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Differential Effects of Pneumococcal Vaccines against Serotypes 6A and 6C

(2008) In H. Park et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular detection methods and serotyping performed directly on clinical samples improve diagnostic sensitivity and reveal increased incidence of invasive disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italian children

(2008) C. Azzari et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of Serotype in Culture Negative Pneumococcal Meningitis Using Sequential Multiplex PCR: Implication for Surveillance and Vaccine Design

(2008) Samir K. Saha et al.   PLoS One