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Elissavet Nikolaou1, Annie Blizard1, Sherin Pojar1
1From the Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
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Nasopharyngeal colonization of potential respiratory pathogens such as Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major source of transmission and precursor of invasive disease. Swabbing deeply the nasopharynx, which is currently recommended by World Health Organization, provides accurate pneumococcal detection but is unpleasant. We showed that nasal lining fluid filter strips offer equal detection sensitivity.
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