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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2001, p. 4575-4576, Vol. 39, No. 12
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4575-4576.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Improved Rate of Isolation of Neisseria meningitidis by Direct Plating of Pharyngeal Swabs

Richard Cunningham,1,* Roger Matthews,1 Gill Lewendon,2 Sarah Harrison,2 and James M. Stuart3

Plymouth Public Health Laboratory, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth,1 South and West Devon Health Authority, Dartington,2 and Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (South West), Public Health Laboratory, Gloucester,3 United Kingdom

Received 7 June 2001/Returned for modification 26 August 2001/Accepted 15 September 2001

Culturing of pharyngeal swabs for Neisseria meningitidis is an important clinical and epidemiological tool. Routine methods include direct plating onto solid medium or later plating in the laboratory. A comparison of these methods used with 490 high school students found a significantly higher carriage rate with direct plating (11.8 versus 6.1%; P < 0.001).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Plymouth Public Health Laboratory, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 (0) 1752 792387. Fax: 44 (0) 1752 771561. E-mail: richard.cunningham{at}phnt.swest.nhs.uk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2001, p. 4575-4576, Vol. 39, No. 12
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4575-4576.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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