Table 3.
Sample collection and processing.
| Patient ID | Left | Right | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontal | Sphenoid | Ethmoid | Maxillary | Meatus | Nostril | Meatus | Maxillary | Ethmoid | Sphenoid | Frontal | |||||||||
| Swab | Tissue | Swab | Tissue | Swab | Tissue | Swab | Tissue | Swab | Swab | Swab | Swab | Tissue | Swab | Tissue | Swab | Tissue | Swab | Tissue | |
| 001 | – | – | – | – | ✔ | – | x | ✔ | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – |
| 002 | – | – | – | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | – | – | – | – | ✔ | – | x | – | – | – | – | – |
| 003 | – | – | – | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | – | ✔ | x | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – |
| 004 | ✔ | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | – | x | ✔ | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | x | – | x | – |
| 005 | – | – | – | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | – | ✔ | x | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – |
| 006 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | x | – | – | ✔ | – | x | – | – | – | x | – | x | – |
| 007 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 008 | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| 009 | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | ✔ | – | – | – | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 010 | x | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | ✔ | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | ✔ | x |
| 011 | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 012 | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 013 | x | – | – | – | x | – | x | x | – | x | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | x | – |
| 014 | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | x | – | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 015 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✔ | – | – | – | – | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 016 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✔ | – | – | – | – | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 017 | x | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ | x | x | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ | x | x | x | – | x | – |
| 018 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
| 019 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x | x | x | x |
| 020 | x | – | – | – | x | – | x | x | – | x | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | x | – |
| 021 | x | x | x | x | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 022 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
Sequencing was successful for samples marked “✔,” PCR was unsuccessful for samples marked “x,” and PCR was not attempted for samples marked “–.”