title: Phenotypic and PCR-based identification of bacterial strains isolated from patients with suspected streptococcus suis infection in northern Thailand.
abstract: Twenty bacterial strains isolated from the blood of patients with suspected  Streptococcus suis infection based on clinical symptoms in northern Thailand between 2009 and 2010  were subjected to phenotypic and genotypic identification. Commercial identification kits and  a PCR-based assay targeting the S. suis-specific 16S rDNA sequence correctly identified S. suis  isolated from patients in northern Thailand; however, there was a risk of misidentifying  S. gallolyticus as S. suis using a PCR assay targeting the S. suis-specific house keeping gene  encoding glutamate dehydrogenase. This is the first paper to report S. gallolyticus infection in  humans in Thailand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioresource Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Le Hong Thuy
authors.initials: le HT
authors.lastname: Tien
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Kwanjit
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Duangsonk
authors.forename: Prasit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tharavichitkul
authors.forename: Ro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osawa
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D017011:Streptococcus suis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D013785:Thailand
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase