Research Article
Detection of Bordetella pertussis from Clinical Samples by Culture and End-Point PCR in Malaysian Patients
Table 2
Number of positive cases which detected from different specimens.
| | Specimen type | Total number of specimens | Number of positive specimens | | Culture only | End-point PCR only | Culture and end-point PCR |
| | Nasopharyngeal aspirate | 521 | 3 | 207 | 3 | | Nasopharyngeal swab | 149 | 0 | 50 | 3 | | Tracheal aspirate | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Throat swab | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Pernasal swab | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | Endotracheal tube swab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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