Value of Throat Swab in Diagnosis of Melioidosis

Throat swab (TS) cultures were performed for 1,011 patients with melioidosis and 3,524 healthy subjects or patients with other diseases. The specificity of TS culture for the diagnosis of melioidosis was 100%, and the overall sensitivity was 36% (24% for sputum-negative patients and 79% for sputum-p...

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Main Authors: Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Suputtamongkol, Yupin, Simpson, A. J. H., Kanaphun, Panida, White, N. J.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: American Society for Microbiology 2001
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Bacteriology
Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC88440/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11574624
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.39.10.3801-3802.2001
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