Detection of Group B Streptococcus in vaginal swabs, without prior enrichment, by qPCR.
J Microbiol Methods 2021;
189:106316. [PMID:
34454981 DOI:
10.1016/j.mimet.2021.106316]
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Abstract
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection in newborns during childbirth can result in death. We described a method to detect GBS from vaginal swabs in pregnant women, without prior enrichment, using real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), and compared its results to the culture method. The qPCR outperforms culture method.
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