Rapid painless diagnosis of viral respiratory infection

Rapid painless diagnosis of viral respiratory infection

Ipp M; Carson S; Petric M; Parkin PC

Archives Of Disease In Childhood

2002

Child; Humans; infant; Pain Measurement; Sensitivity and Specificity; adolescent; Preschool; Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support; infant; Newborn; Microscopy; Pain/prevention & control; Fluorescence/methods/standards; Fluorescent Antibody Technique/methods/standards; Nasopharynx/virology; Respiratory Tract Infections/diagnosis/virology; Virus Diseases/diagnosis/virology

The concordance of nasal compared with nasopharyngeal swabs was assessed for the diagnosis of respiratory viral infections, and the degree of discomfort associated with each procedure was compared. The use of nasal swabs was shown to be as accurate but significantly less painful than nasopharyngeal swabs for virus diagnosis.

2002

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