Adding a tonsil specimen to a throat swab does not improve the detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 – a multicenter randomized controlled trial
Including the palatine tonsils in throat swabs does not increase the detection rate for SARS-CoV-2, but is associated with more discomfort compared to throat swabs avoiding the palatine tonsils.
Authors
- Nina R. Steenhard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6801-6837)
- Kathrine Kronberg Jakobsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0336-5411)
- Annette Kjær Ersbøll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9407-3387)
- Mikkel Porsborg Andersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6162-5205)
- Henning Bundgaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0563-7049)
- Niels Tobias Gredal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8332-2993)
- Mathias Waldemar Grønlund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0679-4254)
- Christian von Buchwald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6753-8129)
- Thomas Benfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0698-9385)
- Tobias Todsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3267-3560)
- Benedikte Hartvigsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5671-7558)
Institutions
- Statens Serum Institut (DK)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Hvidovre Hospital (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Rigshospitalet (DK)
- Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (DK)
- Capital Region of Denmark (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Published
- 2025-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2025.117168
- Primary Topic
- Dental Research and COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Novo Nordisk
- Novo Nordisk Fonden