Efficacy of Directigen® RSV testing in patient management following admission from a paediatric emergency department

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-329

  Lipson, S M ^a   Popiolek, D ^a   Hu, Q Z ^a   Falk, L H ^a   Bornfreund, M ^a   Krilov, L R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; Cohorting; Immunofluorescence; RSV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032587178     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.1998.0532     Document Type: Article

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