2009 Flocked Swabs Studies

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Reductions in Workload and Reporting by Use of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening with MRSASelect Medium Compared to Mannitol-Salk Medium Supplemented with Oxacillin
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Recovery of Respiratory Viruses: Samples Collected by Flocked Swabs Compared to those Collected by Nasal Aspiration
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Flocked Swabs, a New State of the Art for Forensic DNA applications
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Comparison of nasopharyngeal flocked swabs and aspirates for rapid diagnosis of respiratory viruses in children
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First Evaluation of the WASP, a New Automated Microbiology Plating Instrument
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Clinical Evaluation of a Preservative Impregnated Sponge for Transport of Urine Samples for Microbiological Culture
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Comparison of the New CyMol Medium to ThinPrep Liquid Based Pap Medium for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases by Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays
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Comparison of nasopharyngeal nylon flocked swabs with universal transport medium and rayon-bud swabs with a sponge reservoir of viral transport medium in the diagnosis of paediatric influenza

Susanna Esposito, Claudio Giuseppe Molteni, Cristina Daleno, Antonia Valzano, Laura Cesati, Laura Gualtieri, Claudia Tagliabue, Samantha Bosis and Nicola Principi

Journal of Medical Microbiology (2010), 59, 96–99

UTMvVirocult-JMM.pdf 81.92 KB

Added 16 December 2009

Design and Validation of Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays for Detection of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus

Kanti Pabbaraju, Sallene Wong, Anita A. Wong, Greg D. Appleyard, Linda Chui, Xiao-Li Pang, Stephanie K. Yanow, Kevin Fonseca, Bonita E. Lee, Julie D. Fox, and Jutta K. Preiksaitis

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Nov. 2009, p. 3454–3460

3454.pdf 471.04 KB

Added 03 November 2009

Enhanced Viral Etiological Diagnosis of Respiratory Outbreaks Using a Multi-Target Nucleic Acid Amplification Assay

Sallene Wong, Kanti Pabbaraju, Bonita E. Lee, and Julie D. Fox

J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.01469-09

JCM.01469-09v1b.pdf 378.88 KB

Added 20 October 2009

Development of a Department of Defense Regional Viral Respiratory Surveillance Program

CPT George Kallstrom , MS USA ; Louise Bryce, MS ; Michael Koenig, Dr rer Nat; SFC Sandra Kosha , USA ; Wendy Dick, MD, MPH ; LTC Wade Aldous, MS USA

MILITARY MEDICINE, 174, 1:35, 2009

s19.pdf 563.2 KB

Added 20 October 2009

Post-coital vaginal sampling with nylon flocked swabs improves DNA typing

Corina C.G. Benschop, Danielle C. Wiebosch, Ate D. Kloosterman, Titia Sijen

Forensic Science International: Genetics 2009, FSIGEN-491

Benschop09_FSIG_nylon_flocked_swabs.pdf 389.12 KB

Added 20 October 2009

Comparison of Copan Flocked Swab to Sigma Swab for the detection of Influenza A and B by culture and real time PCR

Santina Castriciano, Alice Squassina

12th Annual European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV) Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey: September 2009

FlockedvsSigma_ESCV09.pdf 993.28 KB

Added 12 October 2009

Evaluation of two newly developed QIAsymphony SP protocols for efficient isolation of influenza virus RNA from diff. respiratory samples

Hanselle, Otte, Kasper, Ritter, Lenz

12th Annual European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV) Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey: September 2009

Qiagen_UTM_ESCV09.pdf 92.16 KB

Added 12 October 2009

COMPARISON OF PERNASAL NYLON FLOCKED SWABS WITH UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM (UTM) AND RAYON SWABS FOR INFLUENZA DIAGNOSIS IN PEDIATRICS

S. ESPOSITO, C.G. MOLTENI, C. DALENO, A. VALZANO, L. CESATI, L. GUALTIERI, C. TAGLIABUE, S. BOSIS, N. PRINCIPI

12th Annual European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV) Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey: September 2009

Flocked_vs_rayon_ESCV09.pdf 40.96 KB

Added 12 October 2009

Usefulness of Flocked Swabs for Sample Collection of Adenovirus (text in Japanese, English translation can be found at end of article.)

Tsuguto FUJIMOTO, Miki ENOMOTO, Masami KONAGAYA & Kiyosu TANIGUCHI

Japanese Journal of Antimicrobial Agents and Infectious Diseases (J.J.A. Inf. D.)83•398•400, 2009 - English translation can be found at end of article.

JJAID_FlockedSwabs_SampleCollection.pdf 501.76 KB

Added 05 October 2009

Surgical Mask vs N95 Respirator for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Workers - A Randomized Trial

Mark Loeb, MD, MSc, Nancy Dafoe, RN, James Mahony, PhD, Michael John, MD, Alicia Sarabia, MD, Verne Glavin, MD, Richard Webby, PhD, Marek Smieja, MD, David J. D. Earn, PhD, Sylvia Chong, BSc, Ashley Webb, BS, Stephen D. Walter, PhD

NCT00756574 JAMA. 2009;302(17):(doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1466) www.jama.com

surgmaskvsn95trialv1.pdf 440.32 KB

Added 02 October 2009

ASM’s INTERIM ALGORITHM for GUIDANCE in TESTING of PATIENTS with RESPIRATORY ILLNESS for INFLUENZA A (including NOVEL H1N1)

American Society For Microbiology

flu_asm_algorithm.pdf 40.96 KB

Added 02 October 2009

IDENTIFICATION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES IN ADULTS: NASOPHARYNGEAL VS. OROPHARYNGEAL SAMPLING

David Lieberman MD, Devora Lieberman MD PhD, Avi Shimoni MD, Ayelet Keren-Naus PhD, Rachel Steinberg PhD and Yonat Shemer-Avni

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2009

JCM.00886-09.pdf 307.2 KB

Added 08 September 2009

Ruling Out Novel H1N1 Influenza Virus Infection with Direct Fluorescent Antigen Testing

Nira R. Pollock, Scott Duong, Annie Cheng, Linda L. Han, Sandra Smole, and James E. Kirby

Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, and Hinton State Laboratory Institute, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

STUDIO_BELLO.PDF 174.08 KB

Added 03 September 2009

Evaluation of self-collected urine dip swab method for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis

Anna-Maria Costa, Christopher K. Fairley , Suzanne M. Garland and Sepehr N. Tabrizi

Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women’s Hospital,Locked Bag 300, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia.Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, 580 Swanston Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia.Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia.

Evaluation_selfcollected_swabmethod.pdf 81.92 KB

Added 24 August 2009

Nosocomial Contamination of Laryngoscope Handles: Challenging Current Guidelines

Tyler R. Call, MD, Frederic J. Auerbach, MD, Scott W. Riddell, PhD, Deanna L. Kiska, PhD, Sumena C. Thongrod, DO, See Wan Tham, MD, Nancy A. Nussmeier, MD

Anesth. Analg. 2009, 109(2): p. 479-483

nosocomial_cont_laryngoscope_handles.pdf 71.68 KB

Added 22 July 2009

DEVELOPING A RAPID AND SENSITIVE ALGORITHM FOR IDENTIFYING INFLUENZA IN PATIENTS PRESENTING TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: IMPROVING LABORATORY RESOURCE UTILIZATION

Deborah A. Johnson, Candy C. Rutherford and Suzanne E. Dale

26th ICCI meeting, June 2009, Toronto, Canada

Johnson_flu_poster.pdf 1.22 MB

Added 02 July 2009

Low Sensitivity of Rapid Diagnostic Test for Influenza

Timothy M. Uyeki, Ramakrishna Prasad, Charles Vukotich, Samuel Stebbins, Charles R. Rinaldo, Yu-hui Ferng, Stephen S. Morse, Elaine L. Larson, Allison E. Aiello, Brian Davis, and Arnold S. Monto

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009

rapid_test_Influenza_lowsensitivity.PDF 81.92 KB

Added 02 July 2009

Evaluation of multiple test methods for the detection of the novel 2009 influenza A (H1N1) during the New York City outbreak

Christine C. Ginocchioa, Frank Zhanga, Ryhana Manjia, Suman Aroraa, Mark Bornfreunda, Leon Falk, Madhavi Lotlikara, Margaret Kowerskaa, George Becker, Diamanto Korologosa, Marcella de Geronimob, James M. Crawford

Journal of Clinical Virology (2009)

Ginocchio_2009_Journal-of-Clinical-Virology.pdf 184.32 KB

Added 02 July 2009

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Detection by Tru RSV, Binax NOW RSV, Direct Immunofluorescent Staining and Tissue Culture

K. Brandt, J. Beck, L. Shchyschuk, P. N. Levett, G. B. Horsman

ICC/AMMI/CACMID meeting, June 18th-21st, 2009

CACMID_KenBrandt.pdf 30.72 KB

Added 02 July 2009

MONITORING THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF CONGENITAL CMV

Dr S. Luck, Ms C. Atkinson, Dr M. Sharland and Prof P. Griffiths

27th Annual ESPID Meeting, June 2009, Brussels, Belgium

Luck_viralloadposter_310509.pdf 276.48 KB

Added 02 July 2009

Dry and Wet Self-collected Flocked Vaginal Swabs

A.Lytwyn, M. Howard, L. Elit, K. Onuma, D. Jang, A. Ecobichon-Morris, M. Chernesky

25th International Papillomavirus Conference, Malmo, Sweden , May 11-15, 2009

HPV_SelfCollection_dryflockedswabs_HPVmeet09.pdf 266.24 KB

Added 01 June 2009

Comparison between (UTM-RT) and M4RT kits for the collection of clinical specimens for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis with COBAS® TaqMan® 48 CT Test

Milia M.G., Dal Conte I., Gregori G., Allice T., Bottoni A., Malta M., Milano R., Ghisetti V.

19th ECCMID, May 2009, Helsinki, Finland

UTM_flocked_Roche_ECCMID09.pdf 225.28 KB

Added 01 June 2009

Evaluation of the Copan flocked swab with UTM-RT medium for antigen detection of HSV, direct immunofluorescence of RSV and viral culture of HSV

Sita Nys, Sara Vijgen, Reinoud Cartuyvels, Koen Magerman

19th ECCMID, May 2009, Helsinki, Finland

P1911_ECCMID09.pdf 163.84 KB

Added 01 June 2009

Comparing Flocked Swabs to Kit Swab for the collection of Clinical specimens for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis Infections with the Aptima Combo 2 Assay

D. De Maria, A Verri, S. Castriciano, C. Rosso, V. Buselli, A. Latino

19th ECCMID, May 2009, Helsinki, Finland

FlockedSwab_Genprobe_ECCMID09.pdf 286.72 KB

Added 01 June 2009

Gram-stain by a new specimen collection system

C. Fontana, M. Favaro, D. Limongi, J. Pivonkova, C. Favalli

19th ECCMID, May 2009, Helsinki, Finland

P873_ECCMID_Fontana.pdf 1.16 MB

Added 01 June 2009

Evaluation of a Flocked Nylon Swab Transport System (Copan ESwab) for Maintaining Viability of Anaerobes

S. D. Allen, J. N. Kedra, and J. A. Siders, Indiana University School of Medicine, Clarian Pathology Laboratory, Indianapolis, IN

American Society for Microbiology 109th General Meeting, May 18-20, 2009, Philadelphia, PA

C063_ESwab_study.pdf 1.64 MB

Added 19 May 2009

Enhanced Recovery of Low-Inoculum Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by the Novel Flocked ESwab, Compared to a Conventional Swab, the M40 Transystem

Shaker E. Farhat, George Lim, Rudylor Malonzo, Bhavisha Shingala, Andrew E. Simor

American Society for Microbiology, 109th General Meeting, May 18-20, 2009, Philadelphia, PA

C056_ASM09_study2.pdf 634.88 KB

Added 19 May 2009

Performance of a Rapid Respiratory Syncytial Virus Test in the Emergency Department

Michael Niedens, Juanito Cabangangan, Nicole Lona, James Pusavaat, Christina Overmeyer, Kathryn Iacono PhD, Eli Moredchai, Martin E Adelson, Paul Walsh

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 14-17, 2009

RSVl_poster_NIEDENS_09.pdf 450.56 KB

Added 19 May 2009

Evaluation of ESwab against BD CultureSwab MaxV(+) and Medical Wire & Equipment Transwab for the Maintenance of Fastidious Aerobic Bacteria

Issa Siryani, Riyad Ghneim, Amal Abu-Rayan, Moein Kanaan, Musa Hindiyeh

American Society for Microbiology 109th General Meeting, May 18-20, 2009, Philadelphia, PA

C057_ESwab_study.pdf 389.12 KB

Added 19 May 2009

RESPIRATORY VIRAL DETECTION IN PEDIATRIC OUTPATIENTS USING NASOPHARYNGEAL FLOCKED SWABS

Carballal Guadalupe, Echavarria Marcela, Videla Cristina, Ekstrom Jorge, Marcone Debora, Ebekian Beatriz, Castriciano, Santina, Vidaurreta, Santiago

25th Clinical Virology Simposium, Daytona, USA. April 19-22, 2009. Poster M86

Copanswabs_CVS09.pdf 491.52 KB

Added 19 May 2009

SELF OR PARENT-COLLECTED NASAL MID-TURBINATE FLOCKED SWABS VERSUS NASOPHARYNGEAL SWABS FOR INFLUENZA DIAGNOSIS IN A COMMUNITY-BASED STUDY

M. Smieja, P. Singh, P. Compton, L. Moss, K. Pabbaraju, S. Wong, J. Fox and M. Loeb

25th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium,April 19, 2009, Daytona Beach, FL

CVS_poster_Smieja_2009.pdf 71.68 KB

Added 19 May 2009

EVALUATION OF A DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY FOR THE SUBTYPING OF INFLUENZA A POSITIVE NASOPHARYGNEAL SWAB SPECIMENS

M. L. Ackerman, S. Chong, K. Luinstra, S. Castriciano, A. Petrich, J. B. Mahony, M. Smieja

25th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium, April 19, 2009, Daytona Beach, FL

CVS09_MONA INFLUENZA_POSTER.PDF 931.84 KB

Added 19 May 2009

RSV ANTIGEN TEST AND VIRAL ISOLATION RESULTS USING RESPIRATORY SPECIMENS, COLLECTED BY MID--TURBINATE FLOCKED SWABS VERSUS NASOPHAYNGEAL ASPIRATES

Rangaraj Selvarangan, Mary Moffat, Thomas Tryon, Christopher Harrison, Shirlee Rusk, Tiffany Heffner, David Abel and Steve Hiraki

25th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium 2009 Daytona Beach, FL

Selvarangan_PASCV_2009.pdf 71.68 KB

Added 23 April 2009

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Comparison of nasopharyngeal nylon flocked swabs with universal transport medium and rayon-bud swabs with a sponge reservoir of viral transport medium in the diagnosis of paediatric influenza

Design and Validation of Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays for Detection of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus

Enhanced Viral Etiological Diagnosis of Respiratory Outbreaks Using a Multi-Target Nucleic Acid Amplification Assay

Development of a Department of Defense Regional Viral Respiratory Surveillance Program

Post-coital vaginal sampling with nylon flocked swabs improves DNA typing

Comparison of Copan Flocked Swab to Sigma Swab for the detection of Influenza A and B by culture and real time PCR

Evaluation of two newly developed QIAsymphony SP protocols for efficient isolation of influenza virus RNA from diff. respiratory samples

COMPARISON OF PERNASAL NYLON FLOCKED SWABS WITH UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM (UTM) AND RAYON SWABS FOR INFLUENZA DIAGNOSIS IN PEDIATRICS

Usefulness of Flocked Swabs for Sample Collection of Adenovirus (text in Japanese, English translation can be found at end of article.)

Surgical Mask vs N95 Respirator for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Workers - A Randomized Trial

ASM’s INTERIM ALGORITHM for GUIDANCE in TESTING of PATIENTS with RESPIRATORY ILLNESS for INFLUENZA A (including NOVEL H1N1)

IDENTIFICATION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES IN ADULTS: NASOPHARYNGEAL VS. OROPHARYNGEAL SAMPLING

Ruling Out Novel H1N1 Influenza Virus Infection with Direct Fluorescent Antigen Testing

Evaluation of self-collected urine dip swab method for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis

Nosocomial Contamination of Laryngoscope Handles: Challenging Current Guidelines

DEVELOPING A RAPID AND SENSITIVE ALGORITHM FOR IDENTIFYING INFLUENZA IN PATIENTS PRESENTING TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: IMPROVING LABORATORY RESOURCE UTILIZATION

Low Sensitivity of Rapid Diagnostic Test for Influenza

Evaluation of multiple test methods for the detection of the novel 2009 influenza A (H1N1) during the New York City outbreak

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Detection by Tru RSV, Binax NOW RSV, Direct Immunofluorescent Staining and Tissue Culture

MONITORING THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF CONGENITAL CMV

Dry and Wet Self-collected Flocked Vaginal Swabs

Comparison between (UTM-RT) and M4RT kits for the collection of clinical specimens for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis with COBAS® TaqMan® 48 CT Test

Evaluation of the Copan flocked swab with UTM-RT medium for antigen detection of HSV, direct immunofluorescence of RSV and viral culture of HSV

Comparing Flocked Swabs to Kit Swab for the collection of Clinical specimens for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis Infections with the Aptima Combo 2 Assay

Gram-stain by a new specimen collection system

Evaluation of a Flocked Nylon Swab Transport System (Copan ESwab) for Maintaining Viability of Anaerobes

Enhanced Recovery of Low-Inoculum Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by the Novel Flocked ESwab, Compared to a Conventional Swab, the M40 Transystem

Performance of a Rapid Respiratory Syncytial Virus Test in the Emergency Department

Evaluation of ESwab against BD CultureSwab MaxV(+) and Medical Wire & Equipment Transwab for the Maintenance of Fastidious Aerobic Bacteria

RESPIRATORY VIRAL DETECTION IN PEDIATRIC OUTPATIENTS USING NASOPHARYNGEAL FLOCKED SWABS

SELF OR PARENT-COLLECTED NASAL MID-TURBINATE FLOCKED SWABS VERSUS NASOPHARYNGEAL SWABS FOR INFLUENZA DIAGNOSIS IN A COMMUNITY-BASED STUDY

EVALUATION OF A DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY FOR THE SUBTYPING OF INFLUENZA A POSITIVE NASOPHARYGNEAL SWAB SPECIMENS

RSV ANTIGEN TEST AND VIRAL ISOLATION RESULTS USING RESPIRATORY SPECIMENS, COLLECTED BY MID--TURBINATE FLOCKED SWABS VERSUS NASOPHAYNGEAL ASPIRATES