MacDonald R L, Hughes B L, Aarnaes S L, Peterson E M, de la Maza L M
University of California Irvine Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Orange 92668.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1988 Jan;9(1):51-4. doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(88)90061-2.
A MRC-5 shell vial method was compared to a MRC-5 conventional tube cell culture method in 410 specimens, 88 of which were positive for herpes simplex virus. The shell vial had a sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 99% when compared to conventional cell culture.