Learning from mistakes: Taq polymerase contaminated with beta-lactamase sequences results in false emergence of Streptococcus pneumoniae containing TEM

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Sep;60(3):702-3. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkm239. Epub 2007 Jun 26.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Drug Contamination
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Population Surveillance
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / enzymology*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Taq Polymerase / genetics*
  • Taq Polymerase / standards
  • beta-Lactamases / analysis*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Taq Polymerase
  • beta-Lactamases