Evaluation of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Culture for Diagnosis of Pertussis in the Control of a County-Wide Outbreak Focused among Adolescents and Adults

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During a large pertussis outbreak, culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used to identify 149 case patients; of these case patients, 79 had positive PCR and culture results, 59 had positive PCR results and negative culture results, 11 had negative PCR results and positive culture results (10 PCR-negative, culture-positive specimens were collected < or = 14 days after illness onset). PCR and culture of...

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