Poor Sensitivity of Stool Culture Compared to Polymerase Chain Reaction in Surveillance for <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> in Haiti, 2018–2019
Yodeline Guillaume, Meti D. Debela, Damien Slater, Kenia Vissières, Ralph Ternier, Molly F. Franke, Jason B. Harris, Louise C. Ivers
Abstract
Abstract We report on the sensitivity and specificity of stool culture compared to polymerase chain reaction for detecting Vibrio cholerae in Haiti during the waning period of the initial outbreak in 2018–2019. We found that stool culture (with a sensitivity of 33.3% and specificity of 97.4%) may not be sufficiently robust in this context.
Topics & Concepts
Vibrio choleraePolymerase chain reactionMicrobiologyContext (archaeology)MedicineOutbreakCholeraVirologyMicrobiological cultureBiologyBacteriaGeneGeneticsPaleontologyVibrio bacteria research studiesMosquito-borne diseases and controlIdentification and Quantification in Food