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2010
2010
Merkel Cell Polyomavirus in Cutaneous Swabs
To assess the usefulness of using cutaneous swabs to detect Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) DNA, we analyzed swabs from persons… (More)
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2008
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2008
Comparing nose-throat swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates collected from children with symptoms for respiratory virus identification using real-time polymerase chain reaction.
OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to calculate sensitivity values for the detection of major respiratory viruses of… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Throat swabs are necessary to reliably detect carriers of Staphylococcus aureus.
The anterior nares are the most important screening site of colonization with Staphylococcus aureus. We screened 2966 individuals… (More)
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2005
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2005
Vaginal swabs are the specimens of choice when screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: results from a multicenter evaluation of the APTIMA assays for both infections.
BACKGROUND Vaginal swabs were recently U.S. Food and Drug Administration-cleared for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and… (More)
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2005
2005
Real-time PCR improves detection of Trichomonas vaginalis infection compared with culture using self-collected vaginal swabs.
OBJECTIVE To compare a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay with broth culture for the detection of Trichomonas… (More)
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2003
2003
Vaginal swabs are appropriate specimens for diagnosis of genital tract infection with Chlamydia trachomatis.
Because self-collected vaginal swabs (VS) are potentially very useful for screening asymptomatic women for Chlamydia trachomatis… (More)
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2002
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2002
Nasal swab versus nasopharyngeal aspirate for isolation of respiratory viruses.
To determine the usefulness of nasal swabs as a simple method for detection of respiratory viruses, we compared nasal swabs and… (More)
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2001
2001
Self-collection of vaginal swabs for the detection of Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis: opportunity to encourage sexually transmitted disease testing among adolescents.
BACKGROUND Many sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are prevalent among adolescents, yet compliance to undergo STD testing by… (More)
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2000
Highly Cited
2000
Buccal swabs but not mouthwash samples can be used to obtain pretransplant DNA fingerprints from recipients of allogeneic bone marrow transplants
With reference to the paper by Child et al entitled ‘Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) in the treatment of chronic graft-versus… (More)
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1999
1999
Improved diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection by PCR using vaginal swabs and urine specimens compared to diagnosis by wet mount microscopy, culture, and fluorescent staining.
Four vaginal cotton swab specimens were obtained from each of 804 women visiting the outpatient sexually transmitted disease… (More)
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