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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |