Development of a melting-curve based multiplex real-time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of Streptococcus agalactiae and genes encoding resistance to macrolides and lincosamides

• Main Authors: Eliane Saori Otaguiri (Author), Ana Elisa Belotto Morguette (Author), Alexandre Tadachi Morey (Author), Eliandro Reis Tavares (Author), Gilselena Kerbauy (Author), Rosângela S. L. de Almeida Torres (Author), Mauricio Chaves Júnior (Author), Maria Cristina Bronharo Tognim (Author), Viviane Monteiro Góes (Author), Marco Aurélio Krieger (Author), Marcia Regina Eches Perugini (Author), Lucy Megumi Yamauchi (Author), Sueli Fumie Yamada-Ogatta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Streptococcus agalactiae or Group B Streptococcus (GBS) remains the leading cause of infections in newborns worldwilde. Prenatal GBS screening of pregnant women for vaginal-rectal colonization is recommended in many countries to manage appropriate intrapartum antimicrobial prophy...