@article{80795d724de04707b2b54710b8670b6d,
title = "Comparison of nasal swabs with nose blowing for community-based pneumococcal surveillance of healthy children",
abstract = "The nasopharynx (NP) is the preferred site for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in young children, but NP sampling is not well tolerated. We compared nose blowing with paired nasal swabs. The sensitivity of nose blowing was 46% (95% confidence interval [CI] 38 to 56%), which increased to 94% (95% CI, 85 to 98%) for children with visible secretions. Copyright � 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.",
keywords = "article, bacterium culture, confidence interval, controlled study, disease surveillance, human, infant, nose secretion, nose smear, preschool child, priority journal, sensitivity analysis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Australia, Carrier State, Child, Child Day Care Centers, Child, Preschool, Humans, Nasopharynx, Oceanic Ancestry Group, Pneumococcal Infections, Population Surveillance, Rural Population, Sensitivity and Specificity, Specimen Handling, Urban Population",
author = "Amanda Leach and Elizabeth Stubbs and Kim Hare and Jemima Beissbarth and Peter Morris",
year = "2008",
language = "English",
volume = "46",
pages = "2081--2082",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Microbiology",
issn = "0095-1137",
publisher = "American Society for Microbiology",
number = "6",
}
