Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2001 Dec;39(12):4575-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4575-4576.2001.

Improved rate of isolation of Neisseria meningitidis by direct plating of pharyngeal swabs

R Cunningham  1 , R Matthews, G Lewendon, S Harrison, J M Stuart
Affiliations

Improved rate of isolation of Neisseria meningitidis by direct plating of pharyngeal swabs

R Cunningham et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Dec.

Abstract

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).

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

References

    1. Cartwright K, Reilly S, White D, Stuart J. Early treatment with parenteral penicillin in meningococcal disease. Br Med J. 1992;305:143–147. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Cartwright K A V, Stuart J M, Jones D M, Noah N D. The Stonehouse survey: nasopharyngeal carriage of meningococci and Neisseria lactamica. Epidemiol Infect. 1987;99:591–601. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Caugant D A, Hoiby E A, Magnus P, Scheel O, Hoel T, Bjune G, Wedege E, Eng J, Froholm L O. Asymptomatic carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in a randomly sampled population. J Clin Microbiol. 1994;32:323–330. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Human R P, Jones G A. Survival of bacteria in swab transport packs. Med Lab Sci. 1986;43:14–18. - PubMed
    1. Pether J V S, Lightfoot N F, Scott R J D, Morgan J. Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis: investigations in a military establishment. Epidemiol Infect. 1988;101:21–42. - PMC - PubMed

Publication types

MeSH terms