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. 2022 Nov 8;3(4):e272.
doi: 10.1097/PG9.0000000000000272. eCollection 2022 Nov.

The Case of a Missing COVID Swab

Ashleigh Watson  1 , Lina B Karam  1
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The Case of a Missing COVID Swab

Ashleigh Watson et al. JPGN Rep. .
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The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Endoscopic images of COVID swab removal: (A) The tip of the COVID swab in the antrum traversing the pylorus into the duodenal bulb, (B) rat tooth forceps grabbing the sharp proximal end of the tip of the swab, (C) the tip of the swab now fully in the stomach as it is being removed.
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