Sensitivity of midturbinate versus nasopharyngeal swabs for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Journal
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
ISSN: 1559-6834
Titre abrégé: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8804099
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
19
11
2020
medline:
1
9
2021
entrez:
18
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33203496
pii: S0899823X20013264
doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.1326
pmc: PMC7750656
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1001-1003Subventions
Organisme : CIHR
Pays : Canada