Nasal Swab
Development of a combined RLEP/16S rRNA (RT) qPCR assay for the detection of viable M leprae from nasal swab samples
... In our setting, a viability assay should serve two purposes. First, there was the need for a diagnostic tool to monitor the treatment response of leprosy pa- tients attending our outpatient clinic in Munich, Germany. ...
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Bimolecular identification of M.ovinpeumoniae from nasal swab samples of sheep from various districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
... Traditional diagnostic procedures like culture and biochemical test procedure for identification of M. ovipneumoniae infections in sheep are time consuming. M. ovipneumoniae is involved in the rapid spread of atypical ...
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Rapid detection of bovine herpesvirus type 1 antigens in nasal swab specimens with an antigen capture enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
... The ELISA was judged to be highly useful for diagnosis of BHV-1 infections, since ail of the nasal swab specimens that were collected from 12 animals during the first 5 days of the infec[r] ...
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Molecular Characterization and SCCmec in Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Healthy Worker Nasal Swab in Larestan Hospital
... Background and Aims: The aim of present study was to investigate the molecular characteristic of Staphylococcus aureus to detect mec A gene and to type SCCmec in strain isolated from healthy worker at Larestan Hospital. ...
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Evaluation of PCR Testing of Ethanol Fixed Nasal Swab Specimens as an Augmented Surveillance Strategy for Influenza Virus and Adenovirus Identification
... paired nasal swab specimens were collected from 384 recruits with febrile respiratory illness at Fort Jackson, ...One swab was stored at ambient temperature in 100% ethanol for up to 6 months, and ...
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Nasal swab samples and real time polymerase chain reaction assays in community based, longitudinal studies of respiratory viruses: the importance of sample integrity and quality control
... families, swab return rates were >90% for almost 35,000 child-days of ...weekly nasal swab specimens (~510 nasal swabs/ month) were batched in 56 (96 well) racks, extracted and ...to ...
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Performance of Comparative Cervical Tuberculin Test and Serological Methods with Culturing of Nasal Swab in Diagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis in Cross Breed Cattle Baghdad Iraq: A Comparative Evaluation
... and nasal swabs culturing, among based detection of ...twelve nasal swabs were taken within second ...and nasal swabs gave negative results for iELISA and culturing ...
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The association between anterior nares and nasopharyngeal microbiota in infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis
... both nasal swab and nasopharyngeal aspirate samples, there were strong intra-individual correlations in the microbial communities between the two sample types, especially relating to Haemophilus and ...
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Utility of a Panviral Microarray for Detection of Swine Respiratory Viruses in Clinical Samples
... the nasal swab is likely due to the low number of viral copies present in this nasal ...three nasal swab samples taken from pigs infected with the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 ...
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Spectra MRSA, a New Chromogenic Agar Medium To Screen for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
... Clinical trial sites A to D compared the performance of Spectra MRSA to that of the gold standard medium, SBA, for the detection MRSA from nasal swab specimens. The sensitiv- ities of Spectra MRSA at 24 and ...
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Prevalence and Molecular characterization of Circulating Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Chennai, South India during 2011-2014.
... (throat/nasal swab) were subjected to detection of other respiratory viruses like, Respiratory Syncytial Virus ,Para influenza viruses, Human Metapneumo viruses, samples were collected from out patient of ...
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Immuno tandem mass spectrometry (iMALDI) assay for clinical diagnostics
... NIVAIEGGEDVTK, corresponding to aa 49-61 of the F. tularensis IglC) antibody beads obtained after proteolysis of nasal swab extracts collected from uninfected mice on the same day.. tul[r] ...
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Direct detection of nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage via helicase dependent isothermal amplification and chip hybridization
... the nasal environment is known to contain a mixture of multiple bacterial species [37], sequencing of amplification products obtained from nasal swab ...
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Multicenter Evaluation of the LightCycler Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Advanced Test as a Rapid Method for Detection of MRSA in Nasal Surveillance Swabs
... design. Nasal swab specimens were tested by the Light- Cycler MRSA advanced test, and the results were compared to those obtained by the (i) BD GeneOhm MRSA assay (Becton Dickinson, San Diego, CA), (ii) ...
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Comparison of Pasteurella spp Simultaneously Isolated from Nasal and Transtracheal Swabs from Cattle with Clinical Signs of Bovine Respiratory Disease
... guarded nasal swab (Medical Wire and Equipment ...transtracheal swab (Tiegland modified culture sterile swab, J-274; Jorgensen Labs, Loveland, ...
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Comparison among nasopharyngeal swab, nasal wash, and oropharyngeal swab for respiratory virus detection in adults with acute pharyngitis
... (throat swab) [28], HMPV (nasal swab) [29], rhinovirus (nasal and throat swab) [30], influenza (throat and nasal swab) [31], and RSV (nasopharyngeal aspirate and ...
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Multicenter Evaluation of the Xpert MRSA NxG Assay for Detection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Nasal Swabs
... rayon nasal swabs (n ⫽ 1,103) and flocked swab (ESwab) nasal specimens (n ⫽ ...flocked swab specimens were ...rayon swab data were ...from nasal swab ...
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Antimicrobial resistance profile of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with infection at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
... It has been shown that overall epidemiology, patho- physiology and clinical manifestations of S. aureus vary significantly among different countries and different regions of the same country [2]. In most developing ...
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Detection of Antigenic Variants of Subtype H3 Swine Influenza A Viruses from Clinical Samples
... In this study, a polyPLA was used to detect antigenic variants of contemporary subtype H3 IAVs in swine in the United States. This assay was validated to differentiate viruses in antigenic cluster H3 ␣ from those in H3ß ...
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Characterization of the upper and lower respiratory tract microbiota in Piedmontese calves
... (nasal swab [NS]) and the lower (trans-tracheal aspiration [TTA]) respiratory tracts of 19 post-weaned Piedmontese calves with (8/19) and without (11/19) clinical signs of respiratory disease, coming from ...
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