| Literature DB >> 21490188 |
Laura L Hammitt1, Sidi Kazungu, Steve Welch, Anne Bett, Clayton O Onyango, Rory N Gunson, J Anthony G Scott, D James Nokes.
Abstract
Paired nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs collected from 533 children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection were assessed by multiplex reverse transcription-PCR. Oropharyngeal swabs increased the number of viral infections detected by 15%, compared to collection of a nasopharyngeal swab alone. This advantage was most pronounced for detection of influenza, parainfluenza, and adenovirus.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21490188 PMCID: PMC3122752 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02605-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948