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cord-327076-qq5499qg	Siniorakis, Eftychios	COVID-19 and upper respiratory tract: Collecting swab specimens from patients inhaling corticosteroids	2020-09-29		.txt	text/plain	721	51	48	title: COVID-19 and upper respiratory tract: Collecting swab specimens from patients inhaling corticosteroids Correspondence COVID-19 and upper respiratory tract: Collecting swab specimens from patients inhaling corticosteroids Q 1 To the Editor: Jian et al 1 in a recent article refer to the immune reaction of the upper respiratory tract (URT) in patients infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] pandemic). The authors wonder about the consequences of inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) on immune reaction. With the URT sprayed by ICSs, we are wondering about the diagnostic accuracy of specimens collected. With this in mind, swabbing the URT of coronavirus-infected patients under an ICS regimen renders the quality of the viral load collected questionable. With all this scepticism in our minds, we are preparing ourselves to cope with the intricacies of triaging in a COVID-19 era, performing with responsibility the swabbing techniques, ensuring specimens of high diagnostic accuracy.	./cache/cord-327076-qq5499qg.txt	./txt/cord-327076-qq5499qg.txt