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Sophie Edouard1, Elsa Prudent1, Philippe Gautret1, Ziad A Memish2, Didier Raoult3.
Abstract
We investigated the potential of pooling DNA from nasopharyngeal specimens to reduce the cost of real-time PCR (RT-PCR) for bacterial detection. Lyophilization is required to reconcentrate DNA. This strategy yields a high specificity (86%) and a high sensitivity (96%). We estimate that compared to individual testing, 37% fewer RT-PCR tests are needed.Mesh:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25552360 PMCID: PMC4390636 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03609-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948