Comparison of PCR, Culture, and Direct Fluorescent-Antibody Testing for Detection of Bordetella pertussis

We prospectively compared the performance of culture, direct fluorescent-antibody testing (DFA), and an in-house-developed PCR test targeting the repeated insertion sequence IS481 for the detection of Bordetella pertussis in nasopharyngeal swab specimens. We tested 319 consecutive paired specimens o...

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Main Authors: Loeffelholz, Mike J., Thompson, Curt J., Long, Karla S., Gilchrist, Mary J. R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1999
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC85400/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10449467
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