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<ArticleTitle>Complications in Testing for COVID-19 with Nasopharyngeal Swabs: The Severance of a Nasopharyngeal Swab in a 13-Month-Old Toddler and Review of Literature</ArticleTitle>
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<FirstName>Lea</FirstName>
<LastName>Kahlenberg</LastName>
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<FirstName>Juliane</FirstName>
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<FirstName>Dominik</FirstName>
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<FirstName>Christoph</FirstName>
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<Abstract>Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of nasopharyngeal smears increased enormously to detect SARS-CoV-2 and consequently break the chain of infection. Yet, only a few cases of complications during the collection of smears are reported. This case report describes the treatment of a toddler who presented in our pediatric emergency ward with a broken swab after nasopharyngeal COVID-19 testing and the currently unknown location of the swab in the body. Subsequently, other complications in testing for COVID-19 are reviewed though no comparable case has been published so far in the pediatric field. Concluding methods to prevent and treat complications are discussed.</Abstract>
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<Keywords>COVID-19,Complication,Pediatrics,Nasopharyngeal Swab</Keywords>
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