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. 2001 Jul;39(7):2477–2484. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2477-2484.2001

TABLE 3.

A 2 × 2 comparison of Salmonella detection by PCR and EtBr-stained agarose gels with that by PCR-hybridization

Enrichment method No. of samples Result type for PCR-EtBr % Detection by PCR-hybridization (no. with result/total no. of samples)
+
TSB 92 + 21.7 (20/92) 3.3 (3/92)
0 75.0 (69/92)
3MC broth 24 + 50.0 (12/24) 12.5 (3/24)
0 37.5 (9/24)
RV10 34 + 55.9 (19/34) 8.8 (3/34)
2.9 (1/34) 32.4 (11/34)