Flocked Swab Studies
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Recovery of Respiratory Viruses: Samples Collected by Flocked Swabs Compared to those Collected by Nasal Aspiration | Tina Mueller, Janet O'Brien, Cheryl Drake and Joan Barenfanger |
Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008 |
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Comparison of respiratory virus detection rates in infants and toddlers using flocked swabs, saline aspirates and saline aspirates mixed in UTM-RT | Paul Walsh, Christina Lim Overmyer, Keimanh Pham, Scott Michealson, Larisa Gofman, Lisa DeSalvia, Ty Tran, Diana Gonzalez, James Pusavat, Melanie Feola, Kathryn T. Iacono, Eli Mordechai, Martin E. Adelson |
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY |
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Comparison between pernasal flocked swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates for the detection of common respiratory viruses in Children | Afaf Abu-Diab, Maysa Azzeh, Raed Ghneim, Riyad Ghneim, Madeleine Zoughbi, Sultan Turkuman, Nabeel Rishmawi, Abed-El-Razeq Issa, Issa Siriani, Rula Dauodi, Randa Kattan, and Musa Y Hindiyeh |
Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
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Comparison of Nasophayngeal (NP) Swabs Collected with Pernasal Flocked Swabs Versus NP Swabs Collected with Traditional Twisted Wire Fiber Minitip for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses Using Simulfluor DFA | P. Ng., J. Ng and T. Mazzulli |
Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008 |
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Performance of Rapid EIA, DFA, RMix, and Conventional Culture for Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Pediatric vs. Adult Populations | Fiebelkorn KR, Walker J, Hudson K, Overton S, Frazee-Gilson S, Gold O, Bartosh C, Lawless K |
Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008 |
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Clinical Validation of a Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Neisseria gonorrheae porA Pseudogene Versus Culture Techniques | Stig Ove Hjelmevoll, MSC, Metethe Elise Olsen, MLT, Johanna U. Ericson Sollid, PhD, Håkon Haaheim, MSc, MM, Kjetil K. Melby, MD, PhD, Harald Moi, MD, PhD, Magnus Unemo, PhD, and Vegard Skogen, MD, PhD |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, May 2008, Vol. 35, No. 5, p.517–520 |
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Comparison of the Copan ESwab System with Two Amies Agar Swab Transport Systems for Maintenance of Microorganism Viability | Kenneth G.Van Horn, Carol D. Audette, Denise Sebeck, and Kelly A. Tucker |
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY |
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Performance of Rapid EIA, DFA, RMix, and Conventional Culture for Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Pediatric vs. Adult Populations | Fiebelkorn KR, Walker J, Hudson K, Overton S, Frazee-Gilson S, Gold O, Bartosh C, Lawless K |
Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008 |
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Nasopharyngeal Specimens Using Flocked Swabs Respiratory Viral Recovery From Pediatric | Colleen Starkey, Louie Quimson, Donna Londrico, Lara Danziger-Isakov, Debra Kohn, Sherilynn Vogel, Bill Sholtis, Kim Kishmarton, Ann Roberto, Diane Warner, Deanna Zakis and B. Yen-Lieberman |
Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008 |
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Comparison of a Mid-Turbinate Flocked Swab to a Nasopharyngeal Flocked Swab for Respiratory Virus Detection in Children | Vanessa G. Allen, Rose Cheung, Karan Greenock, Carol Collins, John Nishikawa, Huyen Nguyen, Dena Adachi, Farhad Gharabaghi, Steven J. Drews, & Susan E. Richardson |
Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008 |
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The search and destroy strategy does prevent spread and long-term carriage of MRSA; Results from household screening following an ST22 (E-MRSA 15) outbreak | S. Böcher, M. A. Knudsen, C. Reese, H. Høgsted, P. Schouenborg, R. L. Skov |
European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - ECCMID 2008 |
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Comparison of Nylon Swabs versus Cotton Swabs for the Diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus | Paula Väre, Klaus Hedman, Maija Lappalainen |
ESCV 2008 |
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Comparison of different sampling types for the detection of rhinovirus infections using quantitative RT-PCR | M. Waris, V. Peltola, R. Österback, T. Vuorinen, O. Ruuskanen |
ESCV 2008 |
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Sampling of Human Papilloma Viruses and Chlamydia trachomatis: Novel Flocked Swabs Increase Detection Rates significantly. | Thomas Krech, Santina Castriciano, and Max Chernesky |
ESCV 2008 |
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Orthomyxo-, paramyxo- and flavivirus infections in wild waterfowl in Finland | Erika Lindh, Anita Huovilainen, Osmo Ratti, Christine Ek-Kommonen, Tarja Sironen, Eili Huhtamo, Hannu Poysa, Antti Vaheri, Olli Vapalahti |
Virology Journal 2008 |
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Comparison of nasopharyngeal flocked swabs and aspirates for rapid diagnosis of respiratory viruses in children | K.H. Chan, J.S.M. Peiris, W. Lim, J.M. Nicholls, S.S. Chiu |
Journal of Clinical Virology (2008) |
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Comparison of Three Nasal Collection Specimen Methods for the Detection of Pediatric Respiratory Infectious Disease | Paul Walsh, Christina Lim Overmyer, Larisa Gofman, Lisa DeSalvia, Diana Gonzalez, Melanie Feola, Anthony Nguyen, James Pusavat, Tua Anh Nguyen, Keimanh Pham, Scott Michaelson, Kathryn T. Iacono, Eli Mordechai, and Martin E. Adelson |
Association of Molecular Pathlogy (AMP) |
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Comparison of RSV RNA Recovery by PCR Using Different Methods of Specimen Preservation | Walsh P, Overmeyer CL, Pham K, Michaelson SM, Pusavat J, Tran T, Gofman L, DeSalvia L, Gonzalez D, Feola M, Iacono KT, Mordechai E, Adelson ME | Amercian College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
C-364 |
Evaluation of Flocked Nylon Swabs (Copan Eswab) for Detection of Bacterial Pathogens by Culture and PCR | J. Davidson, M. DeFields, A. Bergstrome, C. Pienaar, L. Martinez, M.T. Kelly |
ASM 2007 American Society for Microbiology Toronto, Canada - May 21-25, 2007 |
C-362 |
Comparative Evaluation of Three Transport Swabs Potential to Maintain Viability of Clinically Important Aerobic and Anaerobic Organisms | M.Sarina, M. Frost, R.C. Middleton | ASM 2007 American Society for Microbiology Toronto, Canada - May 21-25, 2007 |
C-363 |
Comparison of the Copan Transystem Swab and the Copan ESwab for the Preservation and Recovery of Fastidious Bacteria | S. Condon and C. C. Ginocchio | ASM 2007 American Society for Microbiology Toronto, Canada - May 21-25, 2007 |
C-365 |
Evaluation of ESwab a New Multipurpose Liquid Swab Transport System for Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteriology | C. Biggs | ASM 2007 American Society for Microbiology Toronto, Canada - May 21-25, 2007 |
C-366 |
Comparative Study of the Ability of New Copan ESwab (Liquid Amies Transport System) with Another Swab Transport System for Maintaining Viability of Clinically Important Aerobic Bacteria | S. S. Coleman, M. S. Shah-Khan, R. L. Sautter, F. K. Bahrani-Mougeot; | ASM 2007 American Society for Microbiology Toronto, Canada - May 21-25, 2007 |
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Complete MRSA Nasal Screening Using a Single, New and Novel Swab Transport System | Suzane Silbert, Andrea dos Santos Pereira, Fernanda Marques da Silva, Fernanda Matsiko Inoue, Paulo José Martins Bispo, Luis Carlos Lamblet, Ana Cristina Gales, Antonio Carlos Campos Pignatari | ASM 2007 |
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Validation of the new Irradiated Nylon™ flocked QUANTISWAB™ for the quantitative recovery of micro-organisms in critical clean room environments | Dr. Gilberto Dalmaso, Michela Ferrari, Arnaud Paris | PDA Europe Conference and Exhibition “Best Practices in Aseptic Manufacturing” 8 - 9 May 2007 Milan, Italy. |
TP-32 |
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, |
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 |
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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 |
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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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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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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. Petrich, M. Smieja, and M.A. Chernesky | 17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Munich, Germany, March 31-April 3rd, 2007 |
P-19 |
Evaluation of Flocked Nylon Swabs (Copan ESwab) vs Rayon Fibre Swabs (Copan Venturi Transystem) for Bacterial Culture | Mandy DeFields, Colette Pienaar, Michael Kelly | The Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology, Jan/Feb 2007 Vol. 18, No. 1 Abstracts AMMI Canada - |
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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 |
P40 |
Copan's Transport Medium (UTM-RT) And Flocked Swab For RSV/FLU Collection | Christine Biggs, The Chester County Hospital, Pennsylvania | European Society for Clinical Virology Birmingham, UK - September 3, 2006 |
C-108 |
Evaluation and Comparison of Three Swab Collection and Transport Systems Tested by the CLSI M40-A Standard | KG Van Horn*, C Audette, B Tom, Focus Diagnostics, Inc., Cypress, CA | ASM 106th General Convention Orlando, Florida - May 22-24, 2006 |
C-107 |
A New Concept for Transporting Clinical Material on Flocked Swabs in Liquid Amies Medium | R Human and Gillian JonesMicrobiology Laboratory, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, PL6 8DH, UK | ASM 106th General Convention Orlando, Florida - May 22-24, 2006 |
C-100 |
Comparative Study of the Ability of a New and Novel Swab Transport System to Maintain Viability of Clinically Important Aerobes at Room Temperature | S. Silbert, A. S. Pereira, J. Monteiro, F. Marques, T. A. Fernandes, A. C. C. Pignatari; Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, BRAZIL |
ASM 106th General Convention Orlando, Florida - May 22-24, 2006 |
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