Stool PCR may not be a substitute for enrichment culture for the detection of salmonella.

CONCLUSION: Enrichment culture is significantly more sensitive than PCR using the BD MAX Enteric Bacterial Panel for detecting salmonella in stool. Where PCR testing is used for the detection of enteric pathogens, we recommend that enrichment culture for salmonella be continued in parallel, unless the PCR method is shown to be at least as sensitive as culture.
PMID: 30663952 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - January 21, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Hapuarachchi CT, Jeffery KJM, Bowler ICJW Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research