Recovery of Bordetella pertussis from PCR-positive nasopharyngeal samples is dependent on bacterial load

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4114-4115

  Vestrheim, Didrik F ^a   Steinbakk, Martin ^a   Bjørnstad, Martha L ^a   Moghaddam, Amir ^b   Reinton, Nils ^b   Dahl, Mette L ^c   Grude, Nils ^c   Sandven, Per ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Furst Medical Laboratory   (Norway)

^c VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PLATING MEDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 84869232171     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01553-12     Document Type: Article

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