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Title
Use of cough swabs in a cystic fibrosis clinic.
Authors
Equi, A C; Pike, S E; Davies, J; Bush, A
Abstract
We audited prospectively 322 cough swabs taken from cystic fibrosis children and compared cough swabs with concomitant sputum samples in 30 expectorating patients. A positive cough swab is a strong predictor of sputum culture. However, a negative cough swab does not rule out infection. Persistent symptoms should be further investigated.
Publication
Archives of disease in childhood, 2001, Vol 85, Issue 5, p438