RANDOM COLONY SELECTION VERSUS COLONY MORPHOLOGY FOR DETECTION OF MULTIPLE PNEUMOCOCCAL SEROTYPES IN NASOPHARYNGEAL SWABS | Zendy

Kim M. Hare | Zendy; Peter S Morris | Zendy; Heidi SmithVaughan | Zendy; Amanda Leach | Zendy

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RANDOM COLONY SELECTION VERSUS COLONY MORPHOLOGY FOR DETECTION OF MULTIPLE PNEUMOCOCCAL SEROTYPES IN NASOPHARYNGEAL SWABS

Author(s) -

Kim M. Hare,

Peter S Morris,

Heidi SmithVaughan,

Amanda Leach

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

the pediatric infectious disease journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028

H-Index - 140

eISSN - 1532-0987

pISSN - 0891-3668

DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e31815bb6c5

Subject(s) - serotype , selection (genetic algorithm) , carriage , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , virology , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science

Detection of multiple serotype carriage is important in understanding pneumococcal epidemiology. We compared random selection of 4 pneumococcal colonies per swab with selection by colony morphology. Multiple serotypes were detected in 20% of 98 swabs; 14% by morphology and 17% by random selection. Selection by morphology was more efficient per colony, but underestimated the true rate of multiple carriage.

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