| Literature DB >> 33203496 |
Alainna J Jamal1,2,3, Mohammad Mozafarihashjin2, Eric Coomes3, Sofia Anceva-Sami2, Shiva Barati2, Gloria Crowl2, Amna Faheem2, Lubna Farooqi2, Christopher E Kandel1,2,3, Saman Khan2, Angel X Li2, Henna Mistry4, Aimee Paterson2, Simon Plenderleith4, Karren Prost4, Susan Poutanen2,3, Jeff Powis5, Renée Schryer4, Maureen Taylor5, Lily Yip4, Xi Zoe Zhong2, Allison J McGeer1,2,3, Samira Mubareka3,4.
Abstract
To compare sensitivity of specimens for COVID-19 diagnosis, we tested 151 nasopharyngeal/midturbinate swab pairs from 117 COVID-19 inpatients using reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Sensitivity was 94% for nasopharyngeal and 75% for midturbinate swabs (P = .0001). In 88 nasopharyngeal/midturbinate pairs with matched saliva, sensitivity was 86% for nasopharyngeal swabs and 88% for combined midturbinate swabs/saliva.Entities:
Year: 2020 PMID: 33203496 PMCID: PMC7750656 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1326
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ISSN: 0899-823X Impact factor: 3.254