Is the interpretation of rapid antigen testing for respiratory syncytial virus as simple as positive or negative?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-159

  Walsh, Paul ^a,b   Overmyer, Christina ^c   Hancock, Christine ^c   Heffner, Jacquelyn ^b   Walker, Nicholas ^b   Nguyen, Thienphuc ^b   Shanholtzer, Lucas ^b   Caldera, Enrique ^b   Pusavat, James ^b   Mordechai, Eli ^c   Adelson, Martin E ^c   Iacono, Kathryn T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Medical Diagnostic Laboratories ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RAPID TEST; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS RAPID TEST; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

INFECTIOUS DISEASES; PAEDIATRICS; RESPIRATORY, PNEUMONIA/INFECTIONS; STATISTICS; VIRAL;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892753489     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202729     Document Type: Article

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