Usefulness of Combining Sputum and Nasopharyngeal Samples for Viral Detection by Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Adults Hospitalized with Acute Respiratory Illness

Usefulness of Combining Sputum and Nasopharyngeal Samples for Viral Detection by Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Adults Hospitalized with Acute Respiratory Illness

ABSTRACT Nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) or washings have traditionally been used to diagnose respiratory tract infections. Reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) is widely used for rapid viral detection using samples from the upper respiratory tract. However, RT-PCR is rarely applied to sputum samples, main...

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Main Authors: Keun Ju Kim, Seung Gyu Yun, Yunjung Cho, Myung-Hyun Nam, Chang Kyu Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
sputum
respiratory virus
combined samples
diagnosis
reverse transcriptase PCR
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02775-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02775-22

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