Nasopharyngeal versus oropharyngeal sampling for isolation of potential respiratory pathogens in adults

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 525-528

  Lieberman, David ^a,b   Shleyfer, Elena ^a   Castel, Hana ^a   Terry, Andrei ^a   Harman Boehm, Ilana ^a   Delgado, Jorge ^a   Peled, Nechama ^a   Lieberman, Devora ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SAMPLING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 32344438931     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.525-528.2006     Document Type: Article

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