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ArticleJournal of medical virology2021

Comparison of nasopharyngeal swab and nasopharyngeal aspiration in adults for SARS-CoV-2 identification using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.

Selin Ünsaler, Ayşe Okan, Süda Tekin, Ayşenur M Hafız, Ozan Gökler, Ozan Altuntaş

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Article in Journal of medical virology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Selin ÜnsalerDepartment of Otolaryngology, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7108-9194
Ayşe OkanDepartment of Microbiology, Division of Molecular Microbiology, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Süda TekinDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ayşenur M HafızDepartment of Otolaryngology, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ozan GöklerDepartment of Otolaryngology, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ozan AltuntaşDepartment of Otolaryngology, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Koç University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to compare reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results of nasopharyngeal aspiration (NA) and nasopharyngeal swab (NS) samples in the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019. NS was obtained with a dacron swab and NA was performed by aspiration cannula. The sampling was performed by an otolaryngologist to ensure standardized correct sampling from the nasopharynx. RT-PCR was performed for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The level of agreement between the result of NA and NS samples for each patient was analyzed. The Ct values were compared. Thirty-three patients were enrolled in the study with a mean age of 56.3 years. Thirteen subjects resulted negative with both NS and NA; 20 subjects resulted positive with NA and 18 subjects resulted positive with NS. The mean values of Ct for NA samples and NS samples were 24.6 ± 5.9 and 24 ± 6.7, respectively. There was no statistical difference between Ct values of NA and NS samples (p = 0.48). RT-PCR for SARS-Cov2 performed with NA sample and NS sample showed a strong correlation regarding the positivity/negativity and the Ct values.

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SARS-CoV-2AdultAgedCOVID-19 TestingFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNasopharynxReproducibility of ResultsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificitySpecimen Handlingnasopharyngeal aspirationnasopharyngeal swabreverse transcription real-time polymerase chain reactionSARS-CoV-2

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PMID34331714
PMCPMC8426860
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