Validation of nasopharyngeal sampling and culture techniques for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children in Kenya.
Osman
Abdullahi
;
Eva
Wanjiru
;
Robert
Musyimi
;
Nina
Glass
;
J Anthony G
Scott
;
(2007)
Validation of nasopharyngeal sampling and culture techniques for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children in Kenya.
Journal of clinical microbiology, 45 (10).
pp. 3408-3410.
ISSN 0095-1137
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01393-07
;
(2007)
Validation of nasopharyngeal sampling and culture techniques for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children in Kenya.
Journal of clinical microbiology, 45 (10).
pp. 3408-3410.
ISSN 0095-1137
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01393-07
We compared nasopharyngeal swabs against nasal wash cultures for detecting colonizing pneumococci and examined the effect of frozen storage in skim milk-tryptone-glucose-glycerin on culture. Among the 55 children with positive nasal wash cultures, swab cultures were positive for 47 (85%). Of the 96 swabs positive on direct plating, 94 (98%) were positive when recultured after freezing.
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