Diagnosis of influenza in intensive care units: lower respiratory tract samples are better than nose-throat swabs

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Nov 1;186(9):929-30. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.186.9.929.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis*
  • Influenza, Human / drug therapy
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nasopharynx / virology*
  • Nose / virology
  • Pharynx / virology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Trachea / virology*
  • Viral Load / methods
  • Young Adult