1. Prospective evaluation of a real-time PCR assay for detection of group B streptococci in vaginal swabs from pregnant women
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Marc Dommergues, Claire Poyart, Patrick Berche, Gilles Quesne, H. Reglier-Poupet, Patrick Trieu-Cuot, E Le Theo, CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Biologie des Bactéries pathogènes à Gram-positif, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Pcr assay ,Biology ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Prospective evaluation ,Group B ,law.invention ,Streptococcus agalactiae ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Medical microbiology ,law ,Pregnancy ,Streptococcal Infections ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Prospective Studies ,Pregnancy Complications, Infectious ,Polymerase chain reaction ,0303 health sciences ,Bacteriological Techniques ,030306 microbiology ,General Medicine ,Virology ,3. Good health ,Infectious Diseases ,Real-time polymerase chain reaction ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Vaginal swabs ,Immunology ,Carrier State ,Vagina ,Female - Abstract
a real-time PCR assay for the detection of GBS from vaginal samples. Their test is based on the amplification of cfb, the gene encoding the Christie-Atkins-Munch-Petterson (CAMP) factor, and has been shown to be highly specific and sensitive. In the study reported here, we prospectively
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- 2005