371. Adding sputum and saliva to nasopharyngeal swab samples for PCR detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in adults hospitalized with acute respiratory illness may double case detection

BACKGROUND: In hospitalized patients, nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs are the most common samples obtained for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) PCR testing. However, adding sputum is known to increase diagnostic yield, and saliva has been successfully used for viral respiratory infection diagnosis. We so...

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Autores principales: Ramirez, Julio A, Carrico, Ruth, Wilde, Ashley M, Junkins, Alan, Furmanek, Stephen, Chandler, Thomas R, Schulz, Paul S, Hubler, Robin, Peyrani, Paula, Trivedi, Sonali, Uppal, Sonal, Liu, Qing, Gessner, Bradford J, Begier, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9751621/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.449

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