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J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.00369-08
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Comparison between pernasal flocked swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates for the detection of common respiratory viruses in 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, and Musa Y Hindiyeh*

Caritas Baby Hospital, Bethlehem, Palestinian Authority; Al-Quds University, East Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: Hindiyeh{at}yahoo.com.


  Abstract

In this prospective study we compared pernasal flocked swabs with nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA's) for the detection of respiratory viruses from 455 children less than 5 years of age. Overall, the sensitivity and specificity of the pernasal flocked swabs were 98.5% and 100%, respectively. The flocked swabs excellent sensitivity complemented by their rapid collection process makes them an alterative to the more invasive NPA's.




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