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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Publicado en:	J Clin Microbiol
Principais autores:	Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Suputtamongkol, Yupin, Simpson, A. J. H., Kanaphun, Panida, White, N. J.
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2001
Assuntos:	Bacteriology
Acceso en liña:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC88440/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11574624/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.39.10.3801-3802.2001
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