Sentences with phrase «nasal swabs of»

Yuen notes that the findings also explain clinical anomalies such as why nasal swabs of H5N1 patients are less reliable than throat swabs in detecting the virus.

The pair isolated the mutated virus from a nasal swab of a single flu sufferer who happened to be among the small percentage of people with inadequate interferon responses.

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Simply apply one Skycap Nasal Swab to the inside of one nostril.

Called «C.A.T.C.H. the Virus,» which stands for Characterizing and Tracking College Health, the study traces the trajectory of viral infections using blood samples, nasal swabs and breath samples from ailing freshmen and their closest contacts.

PCR results were positive from post-necropsy liver and lung tissues as well as from sera, conjunctival swabs, oral swabs, and nasal swabs collected at time of quarantine in 8 different affected monkeys, but were negative from a throat swab from an asymptomatic animal whose other 5 cage mates had become sick.

At the same time, the KLS Foundation is working with laboratories to collect blood samples from KLS patients and their families for a genetic study, and nasal swabs from patients during active episodes with the aim of isolating an infectious trigger.

Some cold sufferers have been wary about using zinc since the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers to stop using Zicam nasal sprays and swabs, which contain zinc, after numerous reports that some users lost their sense of smell after using the product.

A nasal swab and blood tests can support a canine influenza diagnosis, depending on the stage of disease.

Diagnosis of Strangles is confirmed by isolating and growing S. equi bacteria from pus aspirated from infected lymph nodes, nasal discharge collected on nasal swabs, or from nasopharyngeal washes.

The veterinarian will need to do a physical examination and take oro - pharyngeal (throat) swabs and swabs of nasal discharge.

Canine influenza virus can be diagnosed by PCR performed on deep nasal and / or pharyngeal swabs; samples should be collected within one to two days of the onset of clinical signs.

After my nasal passages were swabbed for culture, my doctor started me on a course of stomach cramp and diarrhea inducing Ciprofloxacin.

Other tests the veterinarian will likely perform are radiographs (x-rays) of the chest and abdomen, echocardiogram (EKG), endoscopy, nasal and throat swab culture, and a fine needle biopsy of the fluid in the lungs and chest cavity if necessary.

For rRT - PCR (real time PCR) or virus isolation, nasal or pharyngeal swabs are the samples of choice.

Swabs of the nasal area that are examined under the microscope are sometimes diagnostic, as are fungal cultures of the area.

Your pet's veterinarian may swab the inside of your pet's nose (called a nasal swab) or the back of his / her throat (called a nasopharyngeal swab) for a non-invasive test called polymerase chain reaction or PCR.

Called «polymerase chain reaction» technology, or «PCR», it involves identification of viral DNA in samples taken of nasal or pharyngeal (throat) respiratory secretions during the first 4 days of infection, using sterile swabs.

Nasal swab collection for laboratory examination and detection of virus by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay or by virus isolation; and