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  • To compare sensitivity of specimens for COVID-19 diagnosis, we tested 151 nasopharyngeal/midturbinate swab pairs from 117 COVID-19 inpatients using reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) Sensitivity was 94% for nasopharyngeal and 75% for midturbinate swabs (P = 0001) In 88 nasopharyngeal/midturbinate pairs with matched saliva, sensitivity was 86% for nasopharyngeal swabs and 88% for combined midturbinate swabs/saliva
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?:journal
  • Infection_Control_&_Hospital_Epidemiology
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  • WHO
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  • Sensitivity of midturbinate versus nasopharyngeal swabs for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
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  • #977236
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  • 2020

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