Added value of an oropharyngeal swab in detection of viruses in children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection

Laura L. Hammitt; Sidi Kazungu; Steve Welch; Anne Bett; Clayton O. Onyango; Rory N. Gunson; J. Anthony G. Scott; D. James Nokes

doi:10.1128/JCM.02605-10

Added value of an oropharyngeal swab in detection of viruses in children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection

Laura L. Hammitt, Sidi Kazungu, Steve Welch, Anne Bett, Clayton O. Onyango, Rory N. Gunson, J. Anthony G. Scott, D. James Nokes

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2318-2320
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	49
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02605-10
State	Published - Jun 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Added value of an oropharyngeal swab in detection of viruses in children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection

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