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Multiplex Detection of Bacteria in Complex Clinical and Environmental Samples using Oligonucleotide-coupled Fluorescent Microspheres
Published on: October 23, 2011
Culture-based method with performance comparable to that of PCR-based methods for detection of group B Streptococcus
Benjamin R Berg1, Jeana L Houseman, Michelle A Garrasi
1Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|January 25, 2013
Abstract:
We compared five approaches for group B streptococcus (GBS) detection: three culture-based methods and two methods using broth-enhanced real-time PCR. Carrot broth-enhanced subculture to GBS Detect (Hardy Diagnostics, Santa Maria, CA) exhibited sensitivity and specificity comparable to carrot broth- and LIM broth-enhanced real-time PCRs.
