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. 2021 Apr 8;57(4):2004004.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.04004-2020. Print 2021 Apr.

Complications of nasal and pharyngeal swabs: a relevant challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Bandik Föh  1   2 , Max Borsche  3   2 , Alexander Balck  3 , Stefan Taube  4 , Jan Rupp  5 , Christine Klein  3 , Alexander Katalinic  6
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Complications of nasal and pharyngeal swabs: a relevant challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Bandik Föh et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Although swab procedures during SARS-CoV-2 testing are generally safe (3 adverse events in 11 476 swab procedures; 0.026%), increased awareness of complications is necessary, considering approximately 5.1 million tests conducted worldwide daily. https://bit.ly/2J5sd96

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: B. Föh has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Borsche has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Balck has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Taube has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Rupp has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C. Klein reports personal fees from Centogene GmbH, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: A. Katalinic reports grants from State of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany, during the conduct of the study.

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