Sensitivity of midturbinate versus nasopharyngeal swabs for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). (18th August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jamal, Alainna J.; Mozafarihashjin, Mohammad; Coomes, Eric; Anceva-Sami, Sofia; Barati, Shiva; Crowl, Gloria; Faheem, Amna; Farooqi, Lubna; Kandel, Christopher E.; Khan, Saman; Li, Angel X.; Mistry, Henna; Paterson, Aimee; Plenderleith, Simon; Prost, Karren; Poutanen, Susan; Powis, Jeff; Schryer, Renée; Taylor, Maureen; Yip, Lily; Zhong, Xi Zoe; McGeer, Allison J.; Mubareka, Samira
• Other Names: collab.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 42:Number 8(2021)
• Page Start: 1001
• Page End: 1003
• Publication Date: 2021-08-18
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1326
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract: To compare sensitivity of specimens for COVID-19 diagnosis, we tested 151 nasopharyngeal/midturbinate swab pairs from 117 COVID-19 inpatients using reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Sensitivity was 94% for nasopharyngeal and 75% for midturbinate swabs ( P = .0001). In 88 nasopharyngeal/midturbinate pairs with matched saliva, sensitivity was 86% for nasopharyngeal swabs and 88% for combined midturbinate swabs/saliva.