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Virology
Comparison of Combined Nose-Throat Swabs with Nasopharyngeal Aspirates for Detection of Pandemic Influenza A/H1N1 2009 Virus by Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR
Victoria Ortiz de la Tabla, Mar Masiá, Pedro Antequera, Coral Martin, Gregoria Gazquez, Fernando Buñuel, Félix Gutiérrez
Bacteriology
Higher Prevalence of Pharyngeal than Nasal Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in Pediatric Intensive Care Units
Mari M. Nakamura, Alexander J. McAdam, Thomas J. Sandora, Katharina R. Moreira, Grace M. Lee
Bacteriology
Comparison of Flocked and Rayon Swabs for Detection of Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus among Pathology Staff Members
Sabine De Silva, Gillian Wood, Tricia Quek, Christine Parrott, Catherine M. Bennett
Bacteriology
Characterization and Persistence of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from the Anterior Nares and Throats of Healthy Carriers in a Mexican Community
Aída Hamdan-Partida, Teresita Sainz-Espuñes, Jaime Bustos-Martínez
Virology
Comparison of Polyurethane Foam to Nylon Flocked Swabs for Collection of Secretions from the Anterior Nares in Performance of a Rapid Influenza Virus Antigen Test in a Pediatric Emergency Department
Kimberly A. Scansen, Bema K. Bonsu, Erin Stoner, Kathy Mack, Douglas Salamon, Amy Leber, Mario J. Marcon
Virology
Comparison between Pernasal Flocked Swabs and Nasopharyngeal Aspirates for Detection of Common Respiratory Viruses in Samples from Children
Afaf Abu-Diab, Maysa Azzeh, Raed Ghneim, Riyad Ghneim, Madeleine Zoughbi, Sultan Turkuman, Nabeel Rishmawi, Abed-El-Razeq Issa, Issa Siriani, Rula Dauodi, Randa Kattan, Musa Y. Hindiyeh
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Necessity of Screening of both the Nose and the Throat To Detect Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Patients upon Admission to an Intensive Care Unit
Andreas F. Widmer, Dominik Mertz, R. Frei
Bacteriology
Comparison of the BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) PCR Assay to Culture by Use of BBL CHROMagar MRSA for Detection of MRSA in Nasal Surveillance Cultures from an At-Risk Community Population
Jason E. Farley, Paul D. Stamper, Tracy Ross, Mian Cai, Sharon Speser, Karen C. Carroll
Epidemiology
Overlapping Population Structures of Nasal Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Healthy Dutch and American Individuals
Damian C. Melles, Fred C. Tenover, Matthew J. Kuehnert, Hanneke Witsenboer, Justine K. Peeters, Henri A. Verbrugh, Alex van Belkum
Epidemiology
Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization among Taiwanese Children in 2005 and 2006
Yhu-Chering Huang, Kao-Pin Hwang, Po-Yen Chen, Chih-Jung Chen, Tzou-Yien Lin

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