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Comparison of Nasal Swabs with Nose Blowing for Community-based Pneumococcal Surveillance of Healthy Children

Overview
Journal J Clin Microbiol
Specialty Microbiology
Date 2008 Apr 4
PMID 18385438
Citations 12
Authors
Amanda Jane Leach
Elizabeth Stubbs
Kim Hare
Jemima Beissbarth
Peter Stanley Morris
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Abstract

The nasopharynx (NP) is the preferred site for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in young children, but NP sampling is not well tolerated. We compared nose blowing with paired nasal swabs. The sensitivity of nose blowing was 46% (95% confidence interval [CI] 38 to 56%), which increased to 94% (95% CI, 85 to 98%) for children with visible secretions.

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