Research Article
A Pentaplex PCR Assay for the Detection and Differentiation of Shigella Species
Table 3
Summary for evaluation of pentaplex PCR assay carried out using reference strains.
| Number of strains evaluated by pentaplex PCR assay
| | Bacterial strains | No. of specimen tested | Positive (%) () |
| | Shigella genus | 120 | 116 (96.7%) | | S. flexneri | 95 | 95 (100%) | | S. sonnei | 20 | 16 (80%) | | S. dysenteriae | 3 | 3 (100%) |
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