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Comparison Between Pernasal Flocked Swabs and Nasopharyngeal Aspirates for the Detection of Common Respiratory Viruses |
Afaf Abu-Diab, Randa Kattan, Maysa Azzeh, Musa Y Hindiyeh |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
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Pediatric Respiratory Infectious Disease Analysis:
UTM-RT versus Flocked Swab Nasal Collections
WATCH VIDEO OF KMC/MDL CASE STUDY
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Paul Walsh, Christina Lim Overmyer, Larisa Gofman, Lisa DeSalvia, Diana Gonzalez, Melanie Feola, Anthony Nguyen, James Pusavat, Tua Anh Keimanh Pham, Scott Michaelson, Kathryn T. Iacono, Eli Mordechai, and Martin E. Adelson |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
M25
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Lowered Sample Rejection Rate for Rapid Direct Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Children by Use of a Flocked Swab and Nasopharyngeal Sampling |
S.E. Richardson, R. Cheung, K. Greenock, J. Nishikawa, Y.C.W. Yau, R. Tellier |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
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Comparison of Universal Transport Media (UTM) And Microtest (M4) Media for the Recovery and Stability of Select Microorganisms |
Z. Wilkey, J .Langer, A. Croft, CA Petti |
ASM 2007
American Society for Microbiology
Toronto, Canada - May 21-25, 2007 |
TP-32
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EVALUATION OF CLEARVIEW RSV AND RSV RESPI-STRIP FOR THE RAPID DETECTION OF RSV FROM NASOPHARYNGEAL SWABS |
S.E. Shokoples, C. Brosnikoff, L.C. Turnbull, S. Forgie, R.P. Rennie |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
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BENEFIT OF USING OF COPAN’S UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM (UTM) AND FLOCKED SWAB WITH THE BINAX NOW FLU A/B TEST SYSTEMS FOR REFLEX TESTING |
Christine Biggs, Ron Lollar |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
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COMPARISON OF FLOCKED SWABS VERSUS MATTRESS SWABS AND NASAL ASPIRATES FOR THE COLLECTION OF NASOPHARYNGEAL SAMPLES |
James Class, Jimmy Page, Nathan Chapman, and David Scholl |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
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Nylon Flocked Swabs Versus Rayon Swabs for Respiratory Viral Recovery of Pediatric Nasopharyngeal Specimens: Which Is Better? |
Claire E. Magauran, Colleen Starkey, Louie Quimson,
Debra Kohn, Donna Londrico, Johanna Goldfarb,
Lara Danziger-Isakov, Belinda Yen-Lieberman |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
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Prevalence of Pediatric Respiratory Infections in a Suburban Philadelphia Hospital |
Christine Biggs, Christina Lim Overmyer, Larisa Gofman, Lisa DeSalvia, Diana Gonzalez, Melanie Feola, Kathryn T. Iacono, Eli Mordechai, and Martin E. Adelson |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
M37 |
Comparison of NasopharyNGEAL WasH and NasopharyNGEAL FLOCKED SWAB SAMPLES FOR POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) DETECTION OF VIRUSES CAUSING LOWER REsPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN |
Carolynn DeByle, Karen Miernyk, Debra Parks, Lisa Bulkow, Dana Bruden, Lori Pruitt, Helen Peters, Jane Kuypers, Rosalyn Singleton |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
TP-5 |
VALIDATION OF COPAN UTM-RT VIRAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM USING SEVERAL NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION, RT-PCR AND NASBA METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF INFLUENZA A AND B |
A. Petrich, A. Petrich, S. Castriciano,
K. Luinstra, and M. Loeb |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
M44 |
EVALUATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC NATURE OF SWABS |
W. Nugent, M.J. Russell, S. Beck and G.P. Leonardi |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
S-65 |
EVALUATION OF EXPANDED USE OF COPAN DIAGNOSTICS’ UTM VIRAL TRANSPORT MEDIA AND ESWAB FOR THE TRANSPORTATION, CULTURE, AND NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION OF TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS FROM GENITAL SAMPLES |
Charles A. Rivers, Frank J. Barrientes, Michelle Meltzer, Jane Schwebke |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
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COPAN UTM-RT PRESERVES VIRAL INFECTIVITY OF ORIGINAL CLINICAL SPECIMENS DURING LONG TERM STORAGE AT -70°C |
S. Castriciano, M. Booth, E. Zanella .A. Petrich, M. Smieja, and M. Chernesky |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
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Self-Collection of Nasal Respiratory Tract Sampling by Volunteers using the Copan nasal Flocked Swabs DESIGN |
S. Castriciano, G. So, S. Buracond, M. Savarese, D. Triva and M. Smieja |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of Copan UTM-RT for long term storage and preservation at -70°C of Epithelial Cells for detection of virus by direct immunofluorescence assay and nucleic acids for amplification ASSAY. |
S. Castriciano, M. Booth, K. Luinstra, A. Petrich, M. Smieja, and M. Chernesky |
23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 29-May 2nd, 2007 |
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Flocked Swabs and UTM-RT are Pre-analytical Tools Suitable for Rapid Antigen Kits, Direct Immunofluorescence, Culture and PCR Diagnostics Assay for Viral Infections. |
S. Castriciano, A. Petrich, M. Smieja, and M.A. Chernesky |
17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Munich, Germany, March 31-April 3rd, 2007 |
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Sampling Respiratory Epithelial Cells by Nasal or Nasopharyngeal Flocked Swabs |
Santina Castriciano, Geoffrey So, Sonya Buracond, Mario Savarese, and Marek Smieja |
17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Munich, Germany, March 31-April 3rd, 2007 |
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INCREASED RATES OF RESPIRATORY VIRAL [RV] INFECTIONS USING FLOCKED SWABS AND UTM-RT |
S. Castriciano1, A. Petrich1, M. Smieja1, and M.A. Chernesky1 1McMaster University / St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON Canada, |
17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Munich, Germany, March 31-April 3rd, 2007 |
P901 |
A new automated magnetic bead based nucleic acid sample preparation directly from nasal swabs for MRSA diagnostics |
Tone Elise Kolpus, Hilde Kristin Høidal Berthelsen
and Michael Lorentzen |
17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Munich, Germany, March 31-April 3rd, 2007 |
SP26
|
Self-Collected Nasal Flocked Swabs for Respiratory Tract Sampling in Volunteers |
Geoffrey So, Santina Castriciano, Sonya Buracond, Mario Savarese, Daniele Triva and Marek Smieja |
The Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology, Jan/Feb 2007 Vol. 18, No. 1
Abstracts AMMI Canada -
CACMID 2007 Annual Conference
|
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Automated DNA Extraction of forensic samples with the DNA IQ™ System on the epMotion® 5075 LH |
Jana Hajkova, Daniel Wehrhahn, Martin Pospisek, Daniel Vanek |
Applications, Note 141, p. 1-6, Feb. 2007
|
347
|
DETECTION
AND DIFFERENTIATION
OF BORDETELLA SPP.
bY REAL-TIME
PCR |
Christoph
Koidl,
Michael
Bozic,
Anja
Burmeister,
Markus
Hess,
Egon
Marth,
and Harald
H. Kessler |
Journal
of Clinical
Microbiology,
Vol.
45,
No.
2,
p. 347-350,
Feb.
2007
|
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A
Fast Real-Time Polymerase
Chain Reaction Method
for Sensitive and Specific
Detection of the Neisseria
Gonorrhoeae porA Pseudogene |
Stig
Ove Hjelmevoll, Merethe
Elise Olsen, Johanna
U. Ericson Sollid,
Håkon Haaheim,
Magnus Unemo, and Vegard
Skogen |
Journal
of Molecular Diagnostics,
Vol. 8,
No. 5, November 2006
|
P148
|
Detection
of Trichomonas Vaginalis
in Various Transport
Systems and Clinical
Specimens Using
Analyte Specific Reagents
in a Transcription
Mediated Amplification
Test |
D.
Jang, E. Portillo,
J. Kapala, J. Patel,
R. Ewert,
C. MacRitchie,
C. Lee, M. Chernesky |
The
International Union
against Sexually
Transmitted Infections
(IUSTI)
22nd Conference on
Sexually Transmitted
Infections 19-21 October
2006
Versailles, Palais
des Congress, France.
|
585
|
Combining
Testing for Influenza
and RSV Enables Maximal
Specimen Utilization
Without Compromising
Test Performance Characteristics |
Aleta
Bonner and John V.
Williams |
Infectious
Diseases Society
of America, 44th
Annual Meeting of
IDSA, October 12-15,
2006 in Toronto,
Ontario
|
P72 |
MOLECULAR
DETECTION OF A PLURALITY OF PATHOGENS
IN UTM-RT |
Martin
E. Adelson, Raja-venkitesh S.
Rao, Melanie Feola, John Entwistle,
Christina Lim, Jessica Zimmerman,
Jason Trama and Eli Mordechai |
Journal
of Clinical Virology Vol. 36,
Supplement 3, August 2006
|
P75 |
DETECTION
OF POLYOMAVIRUS BK AND POLYOMAVIRUS
JC IN URINE SPECIMENS BY REAL-TIME
PCR |
John
Entwistle, Melanie Feola, Martin
E. Adelson, and Eli
Mordechai |
Journal
of Clinical Virology Vol. 36,
Supplement 3, August 2006
|
P40 |
COPAN'S
Transport MEDIUM (UTM-RT) AND
FLOCKED SWAB FOR RSV/FLU COLLECTION |
Christine
Biggs, The Chester County Hospital,
Pennsylvania |
Journal
of Clinical Virology Vol. 36,
Supplement 3, August 2006
European
Society
for Clinical Virology
Birmingham, UK -
September
3, 2006
|
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AUTOMATED DNA EXTRACTION BY EPPENDORF EPMOTION 5075 LH WORKSTATION AND DNA IQ™ SYSTEM |
Mgr. Jana Hajkova, RNDr. Martin Pospisek,PhD, RNDr. Daniel Vanek, PhD. |
Forensic DNA Service, http://DNA.com/cz, Czech Republic
|
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Comparison of Flocked and Rayon Swabs for Collection
of Respiratory Epithelial Cells from Uninfected Volunteers
and Symptomatic Patients |
Peter Daley, Santina Castriciano, Max Chernesky, and Marek Smieja
McMaster University, and Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Programme, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2006, p. 2265–2267 |
C-106 |
Use of CultureSwab Plus Swabs with Amies Gel Agar
with the IDI-MRSA™ Assay |
J. Riley, B. Shoemaker, K. Jones, P. Bourbeau;
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. |
ASM 106th General Convention
Orlando, Florida - May 22-24, 2006 |
C-354 |
Diagnostic Performance in a General Practitioner-based Study of the Rapid QuickVue® Influenza A+B
Immunochromatographic Test for Influenza A Using Nasal and Nasopharyngeal Swabs |
D. E. Dwyer, A. Keller, M. Ratnamohan, K. McPhie;
Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead, AUSTRALIA, Sydney Airport Medical Centre, Mascot, AUSTRALIA. |
ASM 106th General Convention
Orlando, Florida - May 22-24, 2006 |
C-298 |
Real-Time PCR Detects Viral Nucleic Acids in Universal
Transport Medium (UTM-RT) With Flocked Swabs |
Arnalda Giambra S. Castriciano, A. Petrich, M. Smieja and M.A. Chernesky
Departments of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, and Paediatrics McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada |
ASM 106th General Convention
Orlando, Florida - May 22-24, 2006 |
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Comparison of Recovery of Herpes Simplex Virus using the Copan Nylon Flocked Mini-tip Dry Swab and Copan Rayon Mini-tip Dry Swab |
M.Barger, D. Vestal, H.D. Engler and B.A. Body
Laboratory Corporation of America, Burlington, NC and Raritan, NJ |
22nd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 30 - May 3rd, 2006 |
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COMPARISON OF RAPID INFLUENZA ANTIGEN KITS FOR ANALYTICAL SENSITIVITY AND COMPATIBILITY WITH VIRAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM |
Joseph A. Jollick,Nathan Chapman, & Mat Longiaru, PhD.
Diagnostic Hybrids, Athens, OH |
22nd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 30 - May 3rd, 2006 |
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EVALUATION OF COPAN UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM FOR THE PRESERVATION OF METAPNEUMOVIRUS |
Joseph A. Jollick,Nathan Chapman, & Mat Longiaru, PhD.
Diagnostic Hybrids, Athens, OH |
22nd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 30 - May 3rd, 2006 |
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EVALUATION OF COPAN UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM IN
COMBINATION WITH THE FLOCKED SWAB FOR THE COLLECTION AND
PRESERVATION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES |
Kathy A. Fauntleroy, Richard Henry, Davise H. Larone, Weill Cornell Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY |
22nd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 30 - May 3rd, 2006 |
T-PM29 |
Evaluation of Copan Universal Transport Media |
Tom Stowe, Kevin Fonseca, Dawn Coppock, Vinod Khurana, Sheila Braun, Karen Pauling-Shepard
Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta
Infection Prevention and Control, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta |
22nd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 30 - May 3rd, 2006 |
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Universal Transport Medium (UTM - RT) With Flocked Swabs
and Real - Time PCR Detects Viral Nucleic Acids |
Santina Castriciano, A. Petrich, M. Smieja, and M. Chernesky
Departments of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, and Paediatrics McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada |
22nd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 30 - May 3rd, 2006 |
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USE OF COPAN’S UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM (UTM) AND FLOCKED
SWAB WITH THE BINAX NOW FLU A/B AND RSV TEST SYSTEMS |
C. BIGGS, THE CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL |
22nd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA, April 30 - May 3rd, 2006 |
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Use of Flocked Swabs and a Universal Transport MEdium to Enhance Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
Max Chernesky, Santina Castriciano, Dan Jang, and Marek Smieja
McMaster University, St. Joseph's Healthcare and the Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA |
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
March, 2006, p. 1084-1086 |
C-1 |
Real-Time PCR Detects Viral Nucleic Acids in Universal Transport Medium (UTM-RT) with Flocked Swabs
Oral Presentation Thursday, March 16, 2006 |
S. Castriciano, A. Petrich, M Smieja, M.A. Chernesky
McMaster University, St Jospeh’s Healtrhcare, Hamilton, Ontario |
Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID)
March 15 - 19, 2006 |
P2.28 |
Evaluation of Copan Universal Transport Media |
Tom Stowe, Kevin Fonseca
Provicial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA |
Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID)
March 15 - 19, 2006 |
L953 |
Evaluation of UTM-RT for the Molecular Detection of a Plurality of OB/GYN Related Pathogens |
M. E. ADELSON, R. V. RAO, J. P. TRAMA, E. MORDECHAI;
Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Hamilton, NJ |
45th Annual ICAAC
Washington, D.C.
December 16-19, 2005 |
|
A Universal Transport Medium and Flocked Swabs Enhanced the Detection of
Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays |
M. Chernesky, S. Castriciano, M. Smieja, D. Jang
McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, CANADA |
Association for Molecular Pathology, Annual Meeting - November 10-13, 2005 |
14 |
Molecular Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae is Enhanced by Flocked Swabs and Universal Transport Media |
M. Chernesky, S. Castriciano, D Jang, M. Smieja -
McMaster University, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada |
Fourth European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics
Scheveningen, Netherlands
13th & 14th October 2005 |
40 |
ComParison of the new Copan Universal Transport Media (UTM-RT) to the Micro Test M4 and M4RT transport
media for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
P Davis, D. Freeze, D. Vestal, B.A. Body - Laboratory Corporation of America, Burlington, NC |
Fourth European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics
Scheveningen, Netherlands
13th & 14th October 2005 |
C-303 |
QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF THE ABILITY OF NEW COPAN UTM-RTAND REMEL MICRO TEST M4 SPECIMEN TRANSPORTERS TOMAINTAIN VIABILITY OF CLINICALLY IMPORTANT VIRUSES,CHLAMYDIA, MYCOPLASMA AND UREAPLASMA |
Alice S. Weissfeld, Ernest Trevino, Deborah Mandvia, and Paula H. Vance |
ASM 105th General Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2005 |
C-297 |
Laboratory and Clinical Comparison of UTM-RT and M4-RT TransportMedia for the Isolation of Viruses and Chlamydia |
Santina Castriciano, M. Booth, M. MacPherson, M. Smieja, and M. Chernesky - Contact: scastrict@stjosham.on.ca Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada |
ASM 105th General Convention - Atlanta, Georgia, June 2005 |
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PATIENT TOLERABILITY and EASE of USE of FLOCKED and RAYON SWABS for COLLECTING NASAL and NASOPHARYNGEAL SAMPLES from HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS |
Santina Castriciano, P. Daley, M. Chernesky, and M. Smieja Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada |
21st Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA
May 8-10, 2005 |
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Use of a Novel Quantitative Assay to Compare the Viability of Herpes Virus in a New Viral Transporter with that of an Existing Commercial System |
Alice S. Weissfeld, Deborah Mandvia, Ernest Trevino and Paula H. Vance |
21st Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA
May 8-10, 2005 |
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VERSATILITY of FLOCKED SWABS and UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT MEDIA to DETECT CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS and NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAEin NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TESTS and CULTURE |
Santina Castriciano, D. Jang, L. Wilcox, C. Rutherford, and M. CherneskyHamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada |
21st Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA
May 8-10, 2005 |
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COMPARISON of FLOCKED and RAYON SWABS for EPITHELIAL CELL YIELD from NASOPHARYNGEAL SAMPLING of PATIENTS with RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS |
Santina Castriciano, P. Daley, M. Chernesky, and M. Smieja Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada |
21st Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Clearwater Beach, Florida USA
May 8-10, 2005 |
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EVALUATION OF COPAN UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT MEDIA (UTM-RT) COMPARED TO REMEL M4 AND M4-RT TRANSPORT MEDIA FOR THE RECOVERY OF VIRUSES, CHLAMYDIA, UREAPLASMA AND MYCOPLASMA |
M. Barger, D. Vestal, H.D. Engler and B.A. Body. Laboratory Corporation of America, Burlington, NC and Raritan, NJ |
21st Annual Clinical Virology Symposium - Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort, Clearwater Beach, Florida USA
May 8-10, 2005 |
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EFFECT OF FLOCKED SWAB, AS COMPARED TO RAYON, ON CELL YIELD, PATIENT TOLERABILITY AND EASE OF USE FOR UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT SAMPLING IN HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS |
DALEY P., CASTRICIANO S., AL-JOHANI S., CAI W., SMIEJA M. |
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
April 14-17 2005 |
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COMPARISON of UTM-RT and M4-RT TRANSPORT MEDIA for the ISOLATION of VIRUSES and CHLAMYDIA |
S. Castriciano, M. Booth, M. MacPherson, M. Smieja, and M. Chernesky |
Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, CANADA.
April 14-17 2005 |
C-253 |
DEVELOPMENT OF A QUANTITATIVE CULTURE ASSAY TO ACCESS THE SUITABILITY OF NEW VIRAL TRANSPORT MEDIA |
ALICE S. WEISSFELD, ERNEST TREVINO, DEBORAH MANDVIA, AND PAULA VANCE |
ASM 104th General Convention • New Orleans.
May 2004 |
|
Inhibition of PCR-Based Assay for Bordetellapertussis by Using Calcium
Alginate Fiber and Aluminum Shaft Components of a Nasopharyngeal Swab |
Robert M. Wadowsky, Stella Laus, Therese Libert,
Stanley J. States, and Garth D. Ehrlich |
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Apr. 1994, p.1054 - 1057 |
