Phenotypic and PCR-based identification of bacterial strains isolated from patients with suspected Streptococcus suis infection in Northern Thailand

• Main Authors: Le Hong Thuy Tien, Naoya Sugiyama, Kwanjit Duangsonk, Prasit Tharavichitkul, Ro Osawa
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84859018828&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/51908
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Twenty bacterial strains isolated from the blood of patients with suspected Streptococcus suis infection based on clinical symptoms in northern Thailand between 2009 and 2010 were subjected to phenotypic and genotypic identification. Commercial identification kits and a PCR-based assay targeting the...