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Use of Saliva Swab for Detection of Influenza Virus in Patients Admitted to an Emergency Department

Published:2021-09-03 Issue:1 Volume:9 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Galar Alicia¹²^ORCID,Catalán Pilar¹²,Vesperinas Lara¹²,Miguens Iria³,Muñoz Ioana³,García-Espona Alejandro³,Sevillano José Antonio³⁴,Andueza Juan Antonio³⁴,Bouza Emilio¹²⁵⁴,Muñoz Patricia¹²⁵⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

2. Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute, Madrid, Spain

3. Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

4. Medicine Department. School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

5. CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain

Abstract

Early detection of influenza virus is important for guiding antiviral and antibacterial treatment for infection control and public health measures. We have observed that saliva swab specimens have high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of influenza by the Xpert Xpress flu/respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) test and high overall agreement and C T correlation with nasopharyngeal specimens.

Funder

MEC | Instituto de Salud Carlos III

EC | Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion | European Social Fund

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/Spectrum.00336-21

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