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A combination of naso- and oropharyngeal swabs improves the diagnostic yield of respiratory viruses in adult emergency department patients.

Peter EkBlenda BöttigerDisa DahlmanKarin B HansenMattias NymanAnna C Nilsson
Published in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2019)
Adding an oropharynx sample to a nasopharynx sample increased the diagnostic yield of respiratory viruses. Oropharyngeal sampling was well tolerated.
Keyphrases
  • emergency department
  • end stage renal disease
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • respiratory tract
  • young adults
  • patient reported outcomes