bronchial aspirate or BAL fluid) is highly desirable for bacterial mPCR assays. This contrasts with multiplex viral assays that can be performed on nasopharyngeal swabs alone. This limits the utility ...

Of 29 contaminated blood cultures, 21 (72%) had a virus identified on nasopharyngeal swab/aspirate. Children who had BC performed had a longer LOS (median=43 hours; IQR 28 hrs), than children who did ...

Between November 2000-April 2007, a total of 468 nasopharyngeal aspirate samples were collected from children with ARD at the Clinics Hospital of Uberlândia. These samples were tested by ...

RSV status was ascertained by enzyme linked fluorescence (ELFA, Biomeriux) of nasopharyngeal aspirate. The control group comprised infants ventilated for non-infective and non-respiratory causes. BAL ...

Yet, Tsuchyia et al. (2005) identified a viral agent in 30% of the nasopharyngeal aspirate or bronchoalveolar lavages samples tested using shell vial culture and IFA. Moreover, Monobe et al. (2003) ...

showed significant improvements in objective response rate and progression-free survival compared to chemotherapy in patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer. The study suggests ...

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