Evaluation of Several Biochemical and Molecular Techniques for Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae and Their Detection in Respiratory Samples

The development of a 16S rRNA gene based PCR for the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniaeand comparison with four other species specific PCR assays

(2010) Nabil Abdullah El Aila et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Multiplex quantitative PCR for detection of lower respiratory tract infection and meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis

(2010) Guma MK Abdeldaim et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

High-Throughput Identification of Bacteria and Yeast by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry in Conventional Medical Microbiology Laboratories

(2010) S. Q. van Veen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

recA-Based PCR Assay for Accurate Differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Other Viridans Streptococci

(2010) A. Zbinden et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Real-Time Identification of Bacteria and Candida Species in Positive Blood Culture Broths by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

(2010) A. Ferroni et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diagnosis of viral gastroenteritis by simultaneous detection of Adenovirus group F, Astrovirus, Rotavirus group A, Norovirus genogroups I and II, and Sapovirus in two internally controlled multiplex real-time PCR assays

(2010) Noortje M. van Maarseveen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY

Identification of the cpsA gene as a specific marker for the discrimination of Streptococcus pneumoniae from viridans group streptococci

(2010) H. K. Park et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Assigning strains to bacterial species via the internet

(2009) Cynthia J Bishop et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Severity of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Associated With Genomic Bacterial Load

(2009) Jordi Rello et al.   CHEST

Is quantitative PCR for the pneumolysin (ply) gene useful for detection of pneumococcal lower respiratory tract infection?

(2009) G. Abdeldaim et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Usefulness of real-time PCR for lytA, ply, and Spn9802 on plasma samples for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia

(2009) G. Abdeldaim et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Streptococcus pneumoniae DNA Load in Blood as a Marker of Infection in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

(2009) R. P. H. Peters et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Identification of Bacteria in Positive Blood Culture Broths by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

(2009) L. G. Stevenson et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phenotypic and genomic characterization of pneumococcus-like streptococci isolated from HIV-seropositive patients

(2009) T. M. Leegaard et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Toward a quantitative DNA-based definition of pneumococcal pneumonia: a comparison of Streptococcus pneumoniae target genes, with special reference to the Spn9802 fragment

(2007) Guma M.K. Abdeldaim et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE