Usefulness of Combining Sputum and Nasopharyngeal Samples for Viral Detection by Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Adults Hospitalized with Acute Respiratory Illness

Nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) or washings have traditionally been used to diagnose respiratory tract infections. Reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) is widely used for rapid viral detection using samples from the upper respiratory tract. However, RT-PCR is rarely applied to sputum samples, mainly due to...

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Autores principales: Kim, Keun Ju, Yun, Seung Gyu, Cho, Yunjung, Nam, Myung-Hyun, Lee, Chang Kyu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9769557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36374089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02775-22

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9769557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36374089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02775-22

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