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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1764-1765, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1764-1765.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

PCR-Based Assay for Detection of Neisseria meningitidis Capsular Serogroups 29E, X, and Z

Désirée E. Bennett,1 Robert M. Mulhall,1 and Mary T. Cafferkey1,2*

Epidemiology and Molecular Biology Unit, The Children's University Hospital,1 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland2

Received 31 October 2003/ Returned for modification 16 December 2003/ Accepted 23 December 2003

PCR-based assays for the identification of Neisseria meningitidis serogroups 29E, X, and Z by detection of specific regions of the ctrA gene are described. The specificities of these assays were confirmed using serogroups A, B, C, 29E, H, W135, X, Y, and Z and nongroupable meningococcal isolates.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: The Epidemiology and Molecular Biology Unit, The Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland. Phone: 353-1-878-4858. Fax: 353-1-878-4856. E-mail: m.cafferkey{at}tsch.ie.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1764-1765, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1764-1765.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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