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Special Issue Letter to the Editor

Saliva as an Alternate Specimen Source for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Symptomatic Patients Using Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2

Clare McCormick-Baw, Kristi Morgan, Donna Gaffney, Yareli Cazares, Karen Jaworski, Adrienne Byrd, Kyle Molberg, Dominick Cavuoti
Alexander J. McAdam, Editor
Clare McCormick-Baw
aDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Kristi Morgan
bMicrobiology Laboratory, Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, Texas, USA
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bMicrobiology Laboratory, Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, Texas, USA
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bMicrobiology Laboratory, Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, Texas, USA
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aDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01109-20
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    Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 PCR assay results of nasopharyngeal and saliva specimensa

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    • ↵b Comparison of specimen type, P = 0.21.

    • ↵c Comparison of specimen type, P = 0.73.

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Saliva as an Alternate Specimen Source for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Symptomatic Patients Using Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2
Clare McCormick-Baw, Kristi Morgan, Donna Gaffney, Yareli Cazares, Karen Jaworski, Adrienne Byrd, Kyle Molberg, Dominick Cavuoti
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Jul 2020, 58 (8) e01109-20; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01109-20

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Clare McCormick-Baw, Kristi Morgan, Donna Gaffney, Yareli Cazares, Karen Jaworski, Adrienne Byrd, Kyle Molberg, Dominick Cavuoti
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Jul 2020, 58 (8) e01109-20; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01109-20
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