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A Comparison of Pharyngeal Swabs and Tracheal Secretions for the Diagnosing of COVID-19.
- Source :
- Biomedicines; Feb2022, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p488, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to compare the test results from patients who, within a short timescale, have been tested for COVID-19 using both a pharyngeal swab and tracheal secretion. Data were collected from the database of AUH, from patients hospitalized between 1 March 2020 and 1 March 2021 who, due to symptoms of COVID-19, were tested by a pharyngeal swab and by tracheal secretion. We found great agreement between oropharyngeal swab and tracheal secretion RT-PCR testing for the diagnosis of COVID-19, with 98.5% of double tests being concordant and only 1.5% being discordant. This finding may advocate a single-test strategy being either an oropharyngeal swab RT-PCR testing or tracheal secretion, although this study revealed 15.9% false negative oropharyngeal swabs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279059
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Biomedicines
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155505141
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10020488