In some cases, wild type sequence has been detected in nasopharyngeal swabs at the same time that hemagglutinin sequence variants, particularly at HA residue 222 (also known as 225: H3 numbering), have been reported in deeper lung specimens from the same patient [46], [51].
Five months later the steering wheel was swabbed at the same locations and CFUs were determined.
MRSA negative patients hospitalized for more than 24 h were swabbed at the same sites upon discharge.
A total of 563 swabs were taken from 455 children (108 children had two swabs taken at the same visit from two infected sites) and there was bacterial growth from 522 swabs (92.7%).
Experimental infections have shown that nasal swabs are nearly twice as successful in isolating the virus as nasopharyngeal swabs taken at the same time on the same animal.
By comparison, TaqMan RT-PCR detected WNV in 86% and 70% of these oral swabs, respectively, at the same time points.
The nasopharyngeal swab was collected at the same time as the CSF and blood cultures.
Nasal, oropharyngeal and rectal swabs were collected at the same time points.
At the same time, swab samples were collected from the transportation crates after disinfection and from the rubber boots of the workers in the evisceration room.
NAAT can test urine or swab specimens for chlamydia and gonorrhoea at the same time, even if a test for only one organism was requested.
