| Literature DB >> 8735120 |
G Katzko1, M Hofmeister, D Church.
Abstract
Extended incubation of culture plates was studied to see if the recovery of Bordetella spp. from nasopharyngeal swabs could be improved. Forty-eight Bordetella isolates were recovered from 103 children (overall positive-culture rate, 46.6%) who met the clinical case definition of pertussis. Seven of 44 (16%) B. pertussis isolates and 2 of 4 (50%) B. parapertussis isolates were recovered only after extended incubation of nasopharyngeal cultures up to 12 days.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8735120 PMCID: PMC229064 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1563-1564.1996
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948