Environmental exposure and parental collection does not affect detection or semi-quantitative load assessment of bacteria in nasal swab specimens from children

Nada Townsi; Shannon J Simpson; Chisha T Sikazwe; Glenys R Chidlow; Graham L Hall; J Jane Pillow; Andrew C Wilson; David W Smith; Ingrid A Laing

doi:10.1080/23744235.2017.1411607

Environmental exposure and parental collection does not affect detection or semi-quantitative load assessment of bacteria in nasal swab specimens from children

Infect Dis (Lond). 2018 Jun;50(6):468-471. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2017.1411607. Epub 2017 Dec 13.

Authors

Nada Townsi^{1

2

3}, Shannon J Simpson^{1

4}, Chisha T Sikazwe^{5

6}, Glenys R Chidlow⁵, Graham L Hall^{1

4

7}, J Jane Pillow^{8

9}, Andrew C Wilson^{1

4

7

10}, David W Smith^{5

6}, Ingrid A Laing^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ a Children's Lung Health, Telethon Kids Institute , Perth , Australia.
² b Division Paediatrics, University of Western Australia , Perth , Australia.
³ c Ministry of Education , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.
⁴ d School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science , Curtin University , Perth , Australia.
⁵ e Department of Microbiology , Path West Laboratory Medicine , Perth , Australia.
⁶ f School of Biomedical Sciences , University of Western Australia , Perth , Australia.
⁷ g Centre of Child Health Research, University of Western Australia , Perth , Australia.
⁸ h School of Human Sciences , University of Western Australia , Perth , Australia.
⁹ i Centre of Neonatal Research and Education, University of Western Australia , Perth , Australia.
¹⁰ j Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine , Princess Margaret Hospital for Children , Perth , Australia.

PMID: 29237312
DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2017.1411607

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Bacteria*
Child
Environmental Exposure
Humans
Sensitivity and Specificity
Specimen Handling*