RSV testing in bronchiolitis: which nasal sampling method is best?
- 1 June 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 90 (6) , 634-635
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2004.065144
Abstract
Lower nasal swab and higher nasopharyngeal aspirate samples were compared for RSV immunofluorescence and pain score in infants hospitalised with acute bronchiolitis. The nasal swab procedure was significantly less painful but was negative in approximately one third of RSV positive cases.Keywords
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