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C E TAYLOR, G V HEIMER, D J LEA, A J TOMLINSON.
Abstract
A comparison has been made of a fluorescent antibody technique with a cultural method for the detection of Sh. sonnei in faeces. The two methods were in agreement in 73% of the 394 specimens examined; 57 (14.5%) speciments were positive by culture only; 52 (13.2%) specimens gave positive results by fluorescence microscopy which were not confirmed by culture. Most of the latter are thought to be ;false positive' results.The value and usefulness of fluorescence microscopy in the diagnosis of Sonne dysentery is discussed.Entities:
Keywords: BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNICS; CULTURE MEDIA; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SONNEI
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Year: 1964 PMID: 14159448 PMCID: PMC480729 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.17.3.225
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411