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Nasal Wipes for Influenza A Virus Detection and Isolation from Swine
Published on: December 4, 2015
RSV testing in bronchiolitis: which nasal sampling method is best?
P Macfarlane1, J Denham, J Assous
1Department of Child Health, Rotherham General Hospital, UK. peter.macfarlane@rothgen.nhs.uk
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|May 24, 2005
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.
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