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Swetha Pinninti1, Connie Trieu1, Sunil K Pati1, Misty Latting1, Joshua Cooper1, Maria C Seleme1, Sushma Boppana2, Nitin Arora1, William J Britt1,3, Suresh B Boppana1,3.
Abstract
Testing of paired midturbinate (MT) nasal and nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs, collected by trained personnel from 40 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), showed that more NP (76/95 [80%]) than MT swabs tested positive (61/95 [64%]) (P = .02). Among samples collected a week after study enrollment, fewer MT than NP samples were positive (45% vs 76%; P = .001).Entities:
Keywords: COVID-19; midturbinate swab; nasopharyngeal; viral load
Year: 2021 PMID: 32596725 PMCID: PMC7337631 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa882
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079