Flocked nasal swab versus nasopharyngeal aspirate for detection of respiratory tract viruses in immunocompromised adults: a matched comparative study

BACKGROUND: Several studies have compared nasal swabs to the more invasive nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) for detection of respiratory viruses. Mostly, the comparisons have been performed on immunocompetent children with upper respiratory tract symptoms. The results range from a relatively poor sensi...

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Autores principales: Öhrmalm, Lars, Wong, Michelle, Rotzén-Östlund, Maria, Norbeck, Oscar, Broliden, Kristina, Tolfvenstam, Thomas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21110854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-340

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21110854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-340

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