Comparison of throat and nasopharyngeal swab specimens for culture diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis infection.

作者： M J Marcon , A C Hamoudi , H J Cannon , M M Hribar

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.25.6.1109-1110.1987

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摘要: During a 9-month period, we evaluated the relative sensitivity of throat and nasopharyngeal swab cultures for isolation Bordetella pertussis. Of 38 pertussis cases, 36 (95%) had positive cultures, while only 16 (44%) cultures. There were no cases nasopharyngeal-negative, throat-positive The direct fluorescent-antibody test was 70% when compared with culture.