Prospective and retrospective evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert® Flu/RSV XC assay for rapid detection of influenza A, influenza B, and respiratory syncytial virus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 256-258

  Salez, Nicolas ^a   Nougairede, Antoine ^a   Ninove, Laetitia ^a   Zandotti, Christine ^a   de Lamballerie, Xavier ^a   Charrel, Remi N ^a  

^a Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Flu; Point of care; Rapid influenza detection test; Real time PCR; RT PCR; Syncytial respiratory virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS A; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS B; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A RAPID TEST; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925178025     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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