Quintuplex PCR to detect antibiotic resistance genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae / Navindra Kumari Palanisamy, Parasakthi Navaratnam and Shamala Devi Sekaran

Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important bacterial pathogen, causing respiratory infection. Penicillin resistance in S. pneumoniae is associated with alterations in the penicillin binding proteins, while resistance to macrolides is conferred either by the modification of the ribosomal target site or...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Navindra Kumari Palanisamy, Parasakthi Navaratnam, Shamala Devi Sekaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine 2015
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17139/2/AJ_NAVINDRA%20KUMARI%20PALANISAMY%20JCHS%2016.pdf
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17139/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara
Language: English
Description
Summary:Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important bacterial pathogen, causing respiratory infection. Penicillin resistance in S. pneumoniae is associated with alterations in the penicillin binding proteins, while resistance to macrolides is conferred either by the modification of the ribosomal target site or efflux mechanism. This study aimed to characterize S. pneumoniae and its antibiotic resistance genes using 2 sets of multiplex PCRs.