Issue 4, 2015
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Analytical Methods

Bacterial meningitis pathogens identified in clinical samples using a SERS DNA detection assay†

Kirsten Gracie,a   Diane Lindsay,b   Duncan Grahama  and  Karen Faulds*a  

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a Centre for Molecular Nanometrology, WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, UK
E-mail: karen.faulds@strath.ac.uk

b Scottish Haemophilus Legionella Meningococcus Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory, Scottish Microbiology Reference Laboratory, New Lister Building, 10-16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow, UK

Abstract

This communication reports the first demonstration of the detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis bacterial DNA extracted from anonymous patient CSF samples and assesses the applicability of a previously developed SERS based DNA detection assay as a platform for the detection of multiple meningitis pathogens from clinical samples.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5AY00063G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Қаң. 2015
Accepted
28 Қаң. 2015
First published
28 Қаң. 2015

Anal. Methods, 2015,7, 1269-1272

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K. Gracie, D. Lindsay, D. Graham and K. Faulds, Anal. Methods, 2015, 7, 1269 DOI: 10.1039/C5AY00063G

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