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SUBMITTER: Berg BR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3666823 | biostudies-other | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Berg Benjamin R BR Houseman Jeana L JL Garrasi Michelle A MA Young Carol L CL Newton Duane W DW
Journal of clinical microbiology 20130123 4
We compared five approaches for group B streptococcus (GBS) detection: three culture-based methods and two methods using broth-enhanced real-time PCR. Carrot broth-enhanced subculture to GBS Detect (Hardy Diagnostics, Santa Maria, CA) exhibited sensitivity and specificity comparable to carrot broth- and LIM broth-enhanced real-time PCRs. ...[more]