Nasal swab (specimen)
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
... Nasal swabs were vortexed in 2 mL of phosphate buffered saline from which 200 μL was spiked with 5 μL of equine herpes virus-1 (EHV1) culture supernatant, which served as an extraction and inhibition control ...
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Development of a combined RLEP/16S rRNA (RT) qPCR assay for the detection of viable M leprae from nasal swab samples
... of nasal carriage ...and nasal swab samples from clinically sus- pected MB cases, as well as 30–40% from SSS and nasal samples of BI negative PB cases were ...
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Bimolecular identification of M.ovinpeumoniae from nasal swab samples of sheep from various districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
... Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae is an important respiratory pathogen of sheep across the world. In the present study nasal swab samples (n=778) were processed and 51isolates of M. ovipneumoniae were identified ...
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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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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
... negative nasal swabs cul- turing in the current study, was in agreement with the negative nasal swabs culture ob- tained by [21] and [36] who clarified that the negative results cannot be counted evi- dence ...
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Spectra MRSA, a New Chromogenic Agar Medium To Screen for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
... turnaround time and exceptional testing accuracy, RT-PCR has proven to be ideal in a clinical setting of moderate MRSA endemicity where large numbers of screens need to be pro- cessed on a daily basis. However, the ...
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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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EVALUATION OF GENOTYPE AND PHENOTYPE METHODS FOR DETECTION OF BIOFILM FORMED BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS IN SOME HOSPITALS OF BAGHDAD CITY
... burn swab as well as 6% skin and nasal swab from hospital ...burn swab as well as swab of Skin and nasal hospital staff produced biofilm ...
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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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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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The association between anterior nares and nasopharyngeal microbiota in infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis
... Our study has some potential limitations. First, varia- tions between the NS and NPA microbiota may have been amplified due to differences in NS and NPA sample handling (e.g., temperature at which initially stored). ...
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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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Utility of a Panviral Microarray for Detection of Swine Respiratory Viruses in Clinical Samples
... were nasal swabs because the virus is restricted to the respiratory tract; as such, swabs thus serve as an excellent choice for use in ante- mortem SwIV disease surveillance ...from nasal swabs collected ...
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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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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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Antimicrobial resistance profile of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with infection at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
... corresponding nasal swab at Tikur Anbessa Specialized ...from nasal swab might be due to natural colonization ...from nasal swab and detection from wound swab and ear ...
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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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Study and interest of cellular load in respiratory samples for the optimization of molecular virological diagnosis in clinical practice
... The primary site for replication of respiratory viruses is the ciliated airway epithelium. The sample must be taken as soon as possible after the onset of symptoms. This is usually a nasal swab or ...
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