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J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.00714-08
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Comparison of respiratory virus detection rates in infants and toddlers using flocked swabs, saline aspirates and saline aspirates mixed in UTM-RT

Paul Walsh, Christina Lim Overmyer, Keimanh Pham, Scott Michealson, Larisa Gofman, Lisa DeSalvia, Ty Tran, Diana Gonzalez, James Pusavat, Melanie Feola, Kathryn T. Iacono, Eli Mordechai, and Martin E. Adelson

Department of Emergency Medicine, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA and Department of Internal Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, CA; Research and Development Department, Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, L.L.C., Hamilton, NJ; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA


  Abstract

A nylon flocked swab/universal transport medium collection method developed for bacterial sexually transmitted infections was adapted to detect respiratory viruses in infants and toddlers. This method significantly out-performed traditionally used nasal aspirates in terms of PCR-based virus detection, (p=0.016), and was easier for clinicians to use, store and transport.




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