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. 2011 Jun;49(6):2318-20.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02605-10. Epub 2011 Apr 13.

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

Laura L Hammitt  1 , Sidi Kazungu, Steve Welch, Anne Bett, Clayton O Onyango, Rory N Gunson, J Anthony G Scott, D James Nokes
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Added value of an oropharyngeal swab in detection of viruses in children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection

Laura L Hammitt et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jun.

Abstract

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.

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