RSV testing in bronchiolitis: Which nasal sampling method is best?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 634-635

  Macfarlane, P ^a   Denham, J ^a   Assous, J ^a   Hughes, C ^a  

^a ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; NASAL CAVITY; NASOPHARYNX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 20344375918     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.065144     Document Type: Article

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