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cord-263583-a1zon98c	Fabbris, Cristoforo	Is oro/nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV-2 detection a safe procedure? Complications observed among a case series of 4876 consecutive swabs	2020-10-13		.txt	text/plain	760	52	52	In this paper we present the complications encountered in a series of healthworkers who underwent oro/nasopharyngeal swab for detection of SARS-CoV-2. All patients underwent sampling with a sterile collection Citoswab® (Citotest Labware Manufacturing Co., LTD) All reports, possible complications and clinical information were noted from registries of the infectious disease units and medical records. One patient, affected by diabetes mellitus and neutropenia, developed septal abscess (case 2) and another, who later was observed to have septal deviation, had severe anterior and posterior bleeding from an arterial point of the olfactory area, possibly arising from the anterior ethmoidal artery (case 3) requiring surgical cauterization. However arterial rupture can give catastrophic bleed as seen in one patient: we suspect the septal deviation may have misled the swabbing process to the upper part of nares where trauma to the anterior ethmoidal artery may have occurred. In conclusion, oro/nasopharyngeal swabs are safe procedures to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection.	./cache/cord-263583-a1zon98c.txt	./txt/cord-263583-a1zon98c.txt