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J Clin Microbiol
; 50(12): 4114-5, 2012 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23035189
RESUMO
Viable Bordetella pertussis isolates are essential for surveillance purposes. We performed culture of 223 PCR-positive nasopharyngeal samples. B. pertussis was recovered from 45 (20.2%) of the samples. Growth was associated with a high bacterial load, as determined by PCR. Culture from PCR-positive samples is a feasible approach to recover B. pertussis isolates, and culture can be limited to samples with a high bacterial load.