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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2014

Clinical evaluation of the walk-away specimen processor and ESwab for recovery of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates in prenatal screening specimens.

Blake W Buchan, Wendy J Olson, Tami-Lea A Mackey, Nathan A Ledeboer

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Blake W BuchanMedical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Dynacare Laboratories, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Wendy J OlsonMedical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Tami-Lea A MackeyDynacare Laboratories, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Nathan A LedeboerMedical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Dynacare Laboratories, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA nledeboe@mcw.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rectal/vaginal specimens (n = 97) were collected in parallel using ESwab and Liquid Stuart (LS) rayon fiber wrapped swab collection devices. Each collection device was used to directly inoculate culture medium and LIM broth. Medium inoculation by ESwab was conducted using the Walk-Away specimen processor (WASP). Medium inoculation by the LS device was conducted manually. The sensitivities of ESwab and LS upon direct plating were 93.8% and 87.5%, respectively, and increased to 96.9% and 90.6%, respectively, following broth enrichment.

Indexed as

Bacteriological TechniquesFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPrenatal DiagnosisRectumSensitivity and SpecificitySpecimen HandlingStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus agalactiaeVagina

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PMID24622104
PMCPMC4042734

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