Tintu Abraham

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What is the significance of isolating beta heamolytic streptococci (Group A, C,F, G and other)from throat of healthy school children?

What is the significance and implications of asymptomatic throat carriers of beta hemolytic streptococci? Significance Group A streptococcal isolation from throat swab of healthy children and the...

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Which target sequence can be used for specific identification of Streptococcus pyogenes using PCR?

In order to run a PCR specific for Streptococcus pyogenes, which target sequences should I use?

25 March 2014 3,479 1 View

Can anyone suggest recent research developments in Streptococcus pyogenes?

Most of the studies are on drug resistance (macrolide), typing methods in streptococci. Penicillin resistance is not been reported till now, but we can't completely rely on this antibiotic? Is...

29 December 2013 1,720 1 View

What is the criteria (DNA load or ct value) for detection of asymptomatic carriers of group A Streptococcus by qPCR?

I am working on the prevalence of asymptomatic carriers of group A streptococci (GAS)among school children of 5-15 years. Culture yield was very low for GAS, but with the use of qPCR (spy1258...

01 January 1970 1,765 2 View

How to perform MLST analysis for Streptococcus pyogenes ?

I was using pubmlst for analysis and have the following doubts about analysis 1. For MLST do we have to use the assembled contiq (F & R) always? 2. Can we use either Forward or...

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