Added value of an oropharyngeal swab in detection of viruses in children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection.
Laura L
Hammitt
;
Sidi
Kazungu
;
Steve
Welch
;
Anne
Bett
;
Clayton O
Onyango
;
Rory N
Gunson
;
J Anthony G
Scott
;
D James
Nokes
;
(2011)
Added value of an oropharyngeal swab in detection of viruses in children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection.
Journal of clinical microbiology, 49 (6).
pp. 2318-2320.
ISSN 0095-1137
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02605-10
;
D James
Nokes
;
(2011)
Added value of an oropharyngeal swab in detection of viruses in children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection.
Journal of clinical microbiology, 49 (6).
pp. 2318-2320.
ISSN 0095-1137
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02605-10
Paired nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs collected from 533 children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection were assessed by multiplex reverse transcription-PCR. Oropharyngeal swabs increased the number of viral infections detected by 15%, compared to collection of a nasopharyngeal swab alone. This advantage was most pronounced for detection of influenza, parainfluenza, and adenovirus.
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