Effect of swab composition and use of swabs versus swab-containing skim milk-tryptone-glucose-glycerol (STGG) on culture- or PCR-based detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in simulated and clinical respiratory specimens in STGG transport medium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2635-2640

  Rubin, Lorry G ^a   Rizvi, Atqia ^a   Baer, Aryeh ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE; DACRON; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INOCULATION; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIM MILK TRYPTONE GLUCOSE GLYCEROL MEDIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; BACTERIAL COUNT; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 53149101345     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01903-07     Document Type: Article

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