title: Prepartum vaginal/anorectal Group B Streptococcus screening: improvement of the enrichment step by the broth additive RambaQUICK StrepB.
abstract: We used RambaQUICK StrepB in enrichment broth with samples taken from 31 pregnant women and compared its performance to that of standard enrichment media. RambaQUICK StrepB shortened the required incubation time and raised the sensitivity of streptococcal screening by 1.6 fold.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Régional Orléans, BP 86709, F-45067 France. didier.poisson@chr-orleans.fr
authors.forename: Didier-Marc
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Poisson
authors.forename: Marie-Liesse
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Evrard
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media