Comparing Nasopharyngeal and Mid-Turbinate Nasal Swab Testing for the Identification of SARS-CoV-2

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Abstract

Testing of paired mid-turbinate (MT) nasal and nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs, collected by trained personnel from 40 patients with COVID-19 showed more NP (76/95, 80%) than MT swabs tested positive (61/95, 64%; p=0.02). Among samples collected a week after study enrollment, fewer MT than NP samples were positive (45% vs 76%; p=0.001).

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Clin Infect Dis

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Clin. Infect. Dis

Journal ID (publisher-id): cid

Title: Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Publisher: Oxford University Press (US )

ISSN (Print): 1058-4838

ISSN (Electronic): 1537-6591

Publication date (Electronic): 29 June 2020

Electronic Location Identifier: ciaa882

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, US

[2 ] Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, US

[3 ] Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, US

Author notes

Corresponding Author: Swetha Pinninti, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1600 7th Ave South, Birmingham, AL-35233, spinninti@ 123456peds.uab.edu , Phone: 205-996-7898 (office), 402-203-0218 (cell)

Article

Publisher ID: ciaa882

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa882

PMC ID: 7337631

PubMed ID: 32596725

SO-VID: 63382a7d-bbda-4cdd-bec6-2187a20df7b1

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