Laboratory Performance and Clinical Correlation of Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction as a Diagnostic Test for Bordetella Pertussis Isolated from Patients in Oman

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as a diagnostic tool for pertussis (whooping cough), vis-à-vis culture, the long-time gold standard, with emphasis on the importance of clinical correlation in determining specificity. METHODS: Nasopharyngeal/throat swab samples in ch...

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Autores principales: Al-Hinai, Hala, Al-Rashdi, Azza, Al Azri, Saleh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: OMJ 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9188736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35712375
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2022.62

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9188736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35712375
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2022.62

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