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Development of a Two-Step Multiplex PCR Assay for Typing of Capsular Polysaccharide Synthesis Gene Clusters of Streptococcus suis

Masatoshi Okura, Claude Lachance, Makoto Osaki, Tsutomu Sekizaki, Fumito Maruyama, Takashi Nozawa, Ichirô Nakagawa, Shigeyuki Hamada, Céline Rossignol, Marcelo Gottschalk,

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2014 · 140 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

We developed a practical and easy two-step multiplex PCR assay to aid in serotyping of Streptococcus suis. The assay accurately typed almost all of the serotype reference strains and field isolates of various serotypes and also identified the genotypes of capsular polysaccharide synthesis gene clusters of some serologically nontypeable strains.

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