EXTENDED INCUBATION OF CULTURE PLATES IMPROVES RECOVERY OF BORDETELLASPP

Authors
KATZKO G HOFMEISTER M CHURCH D
Citation
G. Katzko et al., EXTENDED INCUBATION OF CULTURE PLATES IMPROVES RECOVERY OF BORDETELLASPP, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(6), 1996, pp. 1563-1564
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1563 - 1564
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:6<1563:EIOCPI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Extended incubation of culture plates was studied to see if the recove ry of Bordetella spp. from nasopharyngeal swabs could be improved. For ty-eight Bordetella isolates were recovered from 103 children (overall positive-culture rate, 46.6%) who met the clinical case definition of pertussis. Seven of 44 (16%) B. pertussis isolates and 2 of 4 (50%) B . parapertussis isolates were recovered only after extended incubation of nasopharyngeal cultures up to 12 days.