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Clin Infect Dis
; 72(7): 1253-1255, 2021 04 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1174887
ABSTRACT
Testing of paired midturbinate (MT) nasal and nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs, collected by trained personnel from 40 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), showed that more NP (76/95 [80%]) than MT swabs tested positive (61/95 [64%]) (P = .02). Among samples collected a week after study enrollment, fewer MT than NP samples were positive (45% vs 76%; P = .001).