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New diagnostic PCR for Haemophilus influenzae serotype e based on the cap locus of strain ATCC 8142

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International Journal of Medical Microbiology: IJMM, 301 (2): 176--179 (February 2011)PMID: 20940106.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.07.004

Abstract

A new PCR protocol for molecular typing of Haemophilus influenzae serotype e (Hie) was developed. To this end, the sequence of the cap region II of Hie strain ATCC8142 was identified, which was \textgreater99\% identical to the recently published sequence of Hie isolate 274. The PCR using primer pair TTL63/TTL64 amplifies an internal 592-bp fragment of ecs4, an e-specific capsule synthesis gene, in 40 of 40 Hie strains. Of all non-Hie strains, there were no false positives. False-negative results of the PCR proposed by Falla et al. (1994) are explained by single nucleotide insertions in the primer sequences.

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