Combined oropharyngeal nasal (ON) swabs for the molecular detection of respiratory pathogens including M. pneumoniae in symptomatic children

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic yield and acceptability of parent-/caregiver-collected oropharyngeal nasal (ON) swabs compared with healthcare worker (HCW)-collected nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs for detecting respiratory viruses and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children. Symptomatic ch...

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Published in:	Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors:	Hannah Nelson, Iryna Kayda, Nicole Watson, Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Jennifer Cochrane, Neil Desai, Michelle Dittrick, Linda Hoang, Michael T. Hawkes, Garth Meckler, Vikram Sabhaney, Jonathan B. Gubbay, Miguel Imperial, Jocelyn A. Srigley, Lynne Li, David M. Goldfarb
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2025-10-01
Subjects:	microbiology virology molecular diagnostics pediatric infectious disease parent-collected swab self-collected swab
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02181-25