Performance of the molecular alere i influenza AandB test compared to that of the xpert flu A/B assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 706-709

  Chapin, Kimberle C ^a,b   Flores Cortez, Estefany J ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS DETECTION; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H10N8); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H10N8 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NASOPHARYNX; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921737438     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02783-14     Document Type: Article

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