Genetic evidence for a novel variant of the pilus island 1 backbone protein in group B Streptococcus.

CONCLUSION: We describe a relatively frequent occurrence of a novel PI-1 BP that cannot be detected by a commonly used multiplex PCR scheme, which could lead to strains being mistyped as PI-1 negative. We present PCR primers that can easily be incorporated into the multiplex PCR assay to identify strains with novel BP-1b variant.
PMID: 28923133 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - September 19, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Teatero S, Neemuchwala A, Yang K, Gomes J, Athey TBT, Martin I, Demczuk W, McGeer A, Fittipaldi N Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research