Literature DB >> 33203496

Sensitivity of midturbinate versus nasopharyngeal swabs for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

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.

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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


  7 in total

Review 1.  Tools and Techniques for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)/COVID-19 Detection.

Authors:  Seyed Hamid Safiabadi Tali; Jason J LeBlanc; Zubi Sadiq; Oyejide Damilola Oyewunmi; Carolina Camargo; Bahareh Nikpour; Narges Armanfard; Selena M Sagan; Sana Jahanshahi-Anbuhi
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2021-05-12       Impact factor: 26.132

Review 2.  Saliva as a diagnostic specimen for SARS-CoV-2 detection: A scoping review.

Authors:  Yifei Wang; Akshaya Upadhyay; Sangeeth Pillai; Parisa Khayambashi; Simon D Tran
Journal:  Oral Dis       Date:  2022-04-21       Impact factor: 4.068

3.  SARS-COV-2 comorbidity network and outcome in hospitalized patients in Crema, Italy.

Authors:  Tommaso Gili; Giampaolo Benelli; Elisabetta Buscarini; Ciro Canetta; Giuseppe La Piana; Guido Merli; Alessandro Scartabellati; Giovanni Viganò; Roberto Sfogliarini; Giovanni Melilli; Roberto Assandri; Daniele Cazzato; Davide Sebastiano Rossi; Susanna Usai; Guido Caldarelli; Irene Tramacere; Germano Pellegata; Giuseppe Lauria
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2021-03-25       Impact factor: 3.240

4.  Diagnostic Performance of Self-Collected Saliva Versus Nasopharyngeal Swab for the Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the Clinical Setting.

Authors:  Mohammad Khaja Mafij Uddin; Tahmina Shirin; Mohammad Enayet Hossain; Ahmed Nawsher Alam; Jenifar Quaiyum Ami; Rashedul Hasan; Mojnu Miah; Nusrat Jahan Shaly; Shahriar Ahmed; S M Mazidur Rahman; Mustafizur Rahman; Sayera Banu
Journal:  Microbiol Spectr       Date:  2021-11-03

5.  Acceptability of OP/Na swabbing for SARS-CoV-2: a prospective observational cohort surveillance study in Western Australian schools.

Authors:  Hannah M Thomas; Marianne J Mullane; Sherlynn Ang; Tina Barrow; Adele Leahy; Alexandra Whelan; Karen Lombardi; Matthew Cooper; Paul G Stevenson; Leanne Lester; Andrea Padley; Lynn Sprigg; David Speers; Adam J Merritt; Juli Coffin; Donna Cross; Peter Gething; Asha C Bowen
Journal:  BMJ Open       Date:  2022-01-26       Impact factor: 2.692

Review 6.  COVID-19 Infection in Children: Diagnosis and Management.

Authors:  Frank Zhu; Jocelyn Y Ang
Journal:  Curr Infect Dis Rep       Date:  2022-04-11       Impact factor: 3.663

7.  Comparison of Saliva and Midturbinate Swabs for Detection of SARS-CoV-2.

Authors:  Jianyu Lai; Jennifer German; Filbert Hong; S-H Sheldon Tai; Kathleen M McPhaul; Donald K Milton
Journal:  Microbiol Spectr       Date:  2022-03-21
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