Comparative evaluation of the AccuProbe Group B streptococcus culture test, the BD GeneOhm Strep B assay, and culture for detection of group B streptococci in pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3021-3023

  Scicchitano, Lisa M ^a   Bourbeau, Paul P ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 69949107823     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01098-09     Document Type: Article

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