nasal swab

A negative result on a nasal swab tells even less.

Still another test involves taking nasal swabs from people who may have been exposed.

But one editor at the company and several other employees said all five had tested negative with the nasal swabs.

Jordan had a nasal swab for anthrax that came back negative.

Employees took nasal swab tests on Monday and began taking the antibiotics.

The next day, 2,500 people who had potentially been exposed lined up for nasal swabs.

All but two - a nasal swab and a blood sample mixed in solution - were reported as negative.

'On the nasal swabs and stomach content, two things came up that are very interesting.

These individuals should not be given nasal swabs as a preliminary test for exposure to anthrax.

Nasal swabs have been used for epidemiologic assessment in the ongoing investigations.

In the stomach content analysis and nasal swabs.

One way of telling whether a horse has completely eliminated the infection is to take follow-up nasal swabs.

Nasal swabs and environmental tests, are not tests to determine whether an individual should be treated.

"Seeing something in a nasal swab is not the same thing as finding a causal relationship," says Gerberding.

Hundreds of people who worked in or visited the building were given nasal swabs to determine whether or not they had been exposed.

But the presence of the disease in nasal swabs shows at the very least that pigs are being exposed to the disease.

For instance, officials used nasal swabs early in the outbreak to test people for exposure to anthrax.

It was originally isolated from the biopsies and nasal swabs of Rhinosporidiosis patients.

To test for exposure, though, broad swaths of employees stood in line for nasal swabs.

Recovered cases should not be mixed with uninfected horses until nasal swabs are clear of any bacterial growth.

What is a nasal swab test?

Discourage use of nasal swabs for diagnosis of exposure.

Then your doctor may order blood tests, nasal swabs, or other tests, such as X-rays, to help find out what is making you sick.

A nasal swab involves placing a swab inside the nostrils and taking a culture.