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SUBMITTER: Gallo SW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4005581 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gallo Stephanie Wagner SW Ramos Patrícia Locosque PL Ferreira Carlos Alexandre Sanchez CA Oliveira Sílvia Dias de SD
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 20130501 3
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a multidrug-resistant nosocomial pathogen that is difficult to identify unequivocally using current methods. Accordingly, because the presence of this microorganism in a patient may directly determine the antimicrobial treatment, conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and real-time PCR assays targeting 23S rRNA were developed for the specific identification of S. maltophilia. The PCR protocol showed high specificity when tested against other species of Steno ...[more]