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Culture Methods to Determine the Limit of Detection and Survival in Transport Media of Campylobacter Jejuni in Human Fecal Specimens
Published on: March 10, 2020
Comparison of immunochromatography, PCR and culture methods for the detection of Campylobacter bacteria
Shuvra Kanti Dey1, Shuichi Nishimura, Shoko Okitsu
1Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Abstract:
A total of 463 fecal specimens from human patients were tested for the presence of Camphylobacter by a commercial immunochromatography kit (ImmunoCard STAT! CAMPY), polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and conventional bacteriological (CB) methods. Using culture as the standard of reference, the ImmunoCard STAT! CAMPY assay had a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 100%. On the other hand, using PCR as the standard of reference, ImmunoCard STAT! CAMPY assay had a sensitivity of 90.5% and a specificity of 100%.
