A Mid-Turbinate Swab Appears Comparable to Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Quantitative Detection of RSV in Infants

BACKGROUND: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants and children. Diagnosis of RSV can be made by molecular detection of the virus in a swab of respiratory secretions. Nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs are the most frequent swab type validated for...

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Autores principales: Blaschke, Anne J, Mckevitt, Matthew, Ampofo, Krow, Lewis, Tammi, Chai, Hao, Guo, Ying, Dorsch, Julianna, Vanderhoof, Erin, Rosen, Pricilla, Freimann, Volker, Korgenski, E Kent, Toback, Seth, Chien, Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631644/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.857

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631644/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.857

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