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Comparative Study
. 2011 Jun;49(6):2311-3.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00224-11. Epub 2011 Mar 30.

Detection of respiratory viruses by PCR assay of nasopharyngeal swabs stored in skim milk-tryptone-glucose-glycerol transport medium

Paul Turner  1 , Linda Po, Claudia Turner, David Goldblatt, Francois Nosten
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Comparative Study

Detection of respiratory viruses by PCR assay of nasopharyngeal swabs stored in skim milk-tryptone-glucose-glycerol transport medium

Paul Turner et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jun.

Abstract

We analyzed 129 paired nasopharyngeal aspirates (stored in viral transport medium [VTM]) and nasopharyngeal swabs (stored in skim milk-tryptone-glucose-glycerol [STGG] bacterial transport and storage medium) using PCRs to detect adenoviruses, influenza virus A or B, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Overall, swabs stored in STGG medium without antimicrobials were found to be an acceptable alternative to aspirates stored in antimicrobial-containing VTM, with PCR agreement of 90.2% (kappa of 0.8).

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