Evaluation of the BD MAX GBS assay to detect Streptococcus group B in LIM broth-enriched antepartum vaginal-rectal specimens

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• 作者：John Schwartz^a ; Barbara Robinson-Dunn^a ; ^b ; Jacob Makin^a ; Bobby L. Boyanton Jr.^a ; ^b ; ^{Bobby.Boyanton@Beaumont.edu}
• 关键词：Streptococcus group B ; Real-time PCR ; Group B Strep ; BD MAX ; Becton Dickinson MAX
• 刊名：Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：79_07328893
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：May, 2012
• 卷：73
• 期：1
• 页码：97-98
• 文件大小：130 K

摘要

The BD MAX GBS real-time polymerase chain reaction assay was evaluated concomitantly with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-endorsed culture methods to detect Streptococcus group B from LIM broth-enriched antepartum vaginal-rectal specimens. The sensitivity of both methods exceeded 98%.