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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 detection in induced sputum of asthmatic patients using saliva sampling device
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in English
| medRxiv
| ID: ppmedrxiv-22283341
ABSTRACT
Since the beginning of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic, the potential contamination of the induced sputum obtained from asthmatic patients in routine is a question of concern. The goal of this study was to assess this contamination using a saliva sample collection device. One hundred seventy-five sputum samples of asthmatic patients without fever were tested. We did not identify any positive PCR on sputum samples from asthmatic patients reporting chronic/episodic respiratory symptoms similar to what is seen in case of COVID-19. This technique was useful to evaluate the contamination of sputum samples generated during the pandemic.
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medRxiv
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English
Year:
2022
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