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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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?:doi
  • 10.1017/ice.2020.1326
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?:journal
  • Infection_control_and_hospital_epidemiology
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  • cc-by
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/6941a601b52c1806d326ac03dfd31823a52c1e43.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7750656.xml.json
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  • 33203496.0
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  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • Sensitivity of midturbinate versus nasopharyngeal swabs for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
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?:year
  • 2020-11-18

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