Dried Saliva Spots: A Robust Method for Detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae Carriage by PCR
The earliest studies in the late 19th century on Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) carriage used saliva as the primary specimen. However, interest in saliva declined after the sensitive mouse inoculation method was replaced by conventional culture, which made isolation of pneumococci from the...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/17/3/343 |