%0 Journal Article %A Morais, Luis %A Carvalho, Maria da Glória %A Roca, Anna %A Flannery, Brendan %A Mandomando, Inacio %A Soriano-Gabarró, Montserrat %A Sigauque, Betuel %A Alonso, Pedro %A Beall, Bernard %T Sequential multiplex PCR for identifying pneumococcal capsular serotypes from south-Saharan African clinical isolates %D 2007 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 56 %N 9 %P 1181-1184 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47346-0 %K CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention %I Microbiology Society, %X A serial multiplex PCR approach was reformulated for pneumococcal serotyping to test 153 clinical isolates from children in Mozambique. This approach identified serotypes in 139 (90.8 %) of 153 isolates; 126 (82.4 %) were identified within two reactions. This approach in developing countries would require minimal training and could provide useful serotype information without requiring transport of specimens. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.47346-0