Single-swab sampling for suspected COVID-19 cases: a time-dependent function?

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Oct;278(10):4123-4124. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-07030-x. Epub 2021 Aug 7.

Authors

Petros V Vlastarakos^{1

2}, Efterpi Michailidou³, Dimitrios Katsianos⁴

Affiliations

¹ ENT Department, MITERA Infirmary, 6 Erythrou Stavrou Str., 15123, Marousi-Athens, Greece. pevlast@hotmail.com.
² Private Practice, 85 Ethnikis Antistaseos Str., 17236, Ag. Dimitrios-Athens, Greece. pevlast@hotmail.com.
³ ENT Department, Bürger Spital, Solothurn, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, MITERA Infirmary, Athens, Greece.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Diagnosis; Infection; Sampling; Swab.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Nasopharynx
Respiratory Tract Infections*
SARS-CoV-2
Specimen Handling