Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Decousser JW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1426917 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20060401 4
A real-time PCR assay with locked nucleic acid probes was developed to screen mutations at codons 79 and 83 of the Streptococcus pneumoniae parC gene. Only silent mutations were detected among 236 French invasive fluoroquinolone-susceptible strains. This test could be useful for some high-risk patients or in national surveys. ...[more]