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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2008, p. 2081-2082, Vol. 46, No. 6
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00048-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Comparison of Nasal Swabs with Nose Blowing for Community-Based Pneumococcal Surveillance of Healthy Children{triangledown}

Amanda Jane Leach,1* Elizabeth Stubbs,1 Kim Hare,1 Jemima Beissbarth,1 and Peter Stanley Morris1,2

Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia,1 Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia2

Received 9 January 2008/ Returned for modification 16 February 2008/ Accepted 21 March 2008

The nasopharynx (NP) is the preferred site for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in young children, but NP sampling is not well tolerated. We compared nose blowing with paired nasal swabs. The sensitivity of nose blowing was 46% (95% confidence interval [CI] 38 to 56%), which increased to 94% (95% CI, 85 to 98%) for children with visible secretions.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, P.O. Box 41096, Casuarina 0811, Northern Territory, Australia. Phone: 61 8 8922 8698. Fax: 61 8 8927 5187. E-mail: amanda.leach{at}menzies.edu.au

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 2 April 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2008, p. 2081-2082, Vol. 46, No. 6
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00048-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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