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Detection of Group B Streptococcus in vaginal swabs, without prior enrichment, by qPCR.

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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… Click to show full 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.

Keywords: vaginal swabs; group streptococcus; without prior; prior enrichment

Journal Title: Journal of microbiological methods
Year Published: 2021

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