Abstract
Objectives: Non-culture methods are increasingly used for the detection and quantification of pathogens [ 1 Forbes et al. Front Microbiol. 2017; 8: 1069 Crossref PubMed Scopus (177) Google Scholar ]. qPCR allows absolute quantification of target genes, while 16S rRNA marker-gene MiSeq sequencing (NGS) provides taxonomic resolution to a genera level [ 2 Janda JM Abbott SL J Clin Microbiol. 2007; 45: 2761-2764 Crossref PubMed Scopus (1194) Google Scholar ], with the relative abundance of each of these bacterial genera determined within a sample. The aim of this study was to compare qPCR and relative abundance of 16S rRNA amplicons for the detection and quantification of bacteria within sputum samples from PwCF.
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