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Hervé Delacour1, Hélène Van Cuyck, Philippe Dubrous
1Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Bégin, 94 163 Saint Mandé, France. h_delacour@yahoo.fr
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
|September 5, 2009
Abstract:
The noncharcoal liquid Amies swab transport system (Copan, Bovezzo, Italy) can be used for the collection and transport of biologic samples from carriers and infected patients for the detection of strains of Staphylococcus aureus in epidemiologic field studies. We suggest that the maximum holding time, between swab collection and culture, should be 18 days.
