Negative Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Swabs Do Not Rule Out COVID-19

Winichakoon, Poramed; Chaiwarith, Romanee; Liwsrisakun, Chalerm; Salee, Parichat; Goonna, Aree; Limsukon, Atikun; Kaewpoowat, Quanhathai

doi:10.1128/jcm.00297-20

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Negative Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Swabs Do Not Rule Out COVID-19

Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology • Feb 25, 2020

Authors:

Poramed Winichakoon

Romanee Chaiwarith

Chalerm Liwsrisakun

Abstract

C oronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has become the Public Health Emergency of International Concern.A diagnosis is made by the detection of a novel virus or genetically similar coronavirus by molecular assay in clinical specimens (1).Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal (NP/OP) samples are commonly used ...

Subject

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

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