In vitro and in vivo comparison of transport media for detecting nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae

BACKGROUND: As a standard method for pneumococcal carriage studies, the World Health Organization recommends nasopharyngeal swabs be transported and stored at cool temperatures in a medium containing skim-milk, tryptone, glucose and glycerol (STGG). An enrichment broth used for transport at room tem...

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Autores principales: Steens, Anneke, Milhano, Natacha, Aaberge, Ingeborg S., Vestrheim, Didrik F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
Materias:
Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5036082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688966
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2449

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5036082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688966
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2449

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