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Preincubation of Cervical Swabs in Lim Broth Improves Performance of ICON Rapid Test for Detection of Group B Streptococci

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether an enrichment method would improve the performance of an enzyme imunoassay test, the ICON Strep B, for detection of group B streptococci (GBS) in vaginoperineal swabs. Methods: The study was done in 3 phases. First, in 250 maternity patie...

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Autores principales: Altaie, Sousan Sayahtaheri, Bridges, James, Loghmanee, Darius, Lele, Amol, Kahn, Kenneth R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1996
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18476059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1064744996000051