Low usefulness of reporting tonsillar PCR Ct-values in pharyngeal infections with Fusobacterium necrophorum

Anaerobe. 2024 Feb 16:102831. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2024.102831. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTonsillar Fusobacterium necrophorum PCR Ct-values were higher in participants with asymptomatic tonsillar carriage than patients with pharyngeal infections. However, Ct-values were not associated with severity of disease or predictive of development of complications and hence lacked clinical usefulness. The reporting of F. necrophorum Ct-values in clinical samples is not recommended.PMID:38369049 | DOI:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2024.102831
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