학술논문
Comparing Nasopharyngeal and Midturbinate Nasal Swab Testing for the Identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*SARS-CoV-2
*VIRAL load
*NASOPHARYNX
*TURBINATE bones
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*COVID-19 testing
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ISSN
1058-4838
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). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]