"Use of Multiplex PCR to Identify Mycobacteria Directly from ESP-MYCO Bottles."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the conference entitled Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents, held under the auspices of the International Society of Chemotherapy, from October 8-11, 1997, in Monte Carlo, Monaco, "Our purpose was to assess the sensitivity and specificity of identifying mycobacterial isolates by using multiplex PCR directly from ESP-MYCO bottles. The ESP Culture System II (ESP II) is a continuously monitoring mycobacterial culture system, which measures pressure changes in the bottle headspace. Multiplex PCR is performed by using primers which detect the 16S rRNA gene of members of the genus Mycobacterium and which distinguish among M....

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