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work_xp3xzlhaybhyfdpj2wlkbvgova	J. Thinkhamrop	Infections in International Pregnancy Study: Performance of the Optical Immunoassay Test for Detection of Group B Streptococcus	2003	3	.pdf	application/pdf	2838	389	65	Pisake Lumbiganon,1 Elizabeth Zell,6 Tsungai Chipato,7 Aye Aye Win,8 Mindy J. and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok,2 Thailand; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of the Philippines, Manila, The Philippines3; Coombe Women's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland4; We evaluated the Strep B optical immunoassay (OIA; ThermoBiostar, Inc.) for detecting light and heavy Compared to culture, the sensitivity of OIA for detecting OIA sensitivity and specificity were 50.0 and 97.6%, respectively, compared with culture on blood agar and 26.8 and 98.4% compared with Lim broth. GBS colonization compared with that of culture was low, although the sensitivity of OIA in detecting heavy or dense Minority and Women's Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.; USAID; INCLEN; and Thomas Jefferson University for technical support on this project. Diagnostic performance of OIA for detection of vaginal carriage of GBS compared to culture in women with light, heavy, and	./cache/work_xp3xzlhaybhyfdpj2wlkbvgova.pdf	./txt/work_xp3xzlhaybhyfdpj2wlkbvgova.txt