Partial comparison of the NxTAG Respiratory Pathogen Panel Assay with the Luminex xTAG Respiratory Panel Fast Assay V2 and singleplex real-time polymerase chain reaction for detection of respiratory pathogens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 53-57

  Esposito, Susanna ^a   Scala, Alessia ^a   Bianchini, Sonia ^a   Presicce, Maria Lory ^a   Mori, Alessandro ^a   Sciarrabba, Calogero Sathya ^a   Fior, Giulia ^a   Principi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical bacteria; Luminex NxTAG Respiratory Pathogen Panel Assay; Luminex Respiratory Virus Panel Fast Assay v2; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS C; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY PANEL FAST ASSAY V2; RESPIRATORY PATHOGEN PANEL ASSAY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NASOPHARYNX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84989880418     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.06.018     Document Type: Article

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