Method for streptococcus pneumoniae diagnosis and serotyping

摘要

Method for detecting a specific serogroup of S. pneumoniae in a biological sample obtained from a subject, comprising the following steps:
a) extracting S. pneumoniae DNA directly from the sample;
b) incubating the extracted DNA under conditions such as to enable the amplification of at least one serogroup specific target region comprised in SEQ ID No. 64 of the cps locus of S. pneumoniae , if present in the sample and
c) detecting the amplified product.