MRSA screening by the Xpert MRSA PCR assay: pooling samples of the nose, throat, and groin increases the sensitivity of detection without increasing the laboratory costs

Autor: I. Nahimana, Giorgio Zanetti, Gilbert Greub, Dominique S. Blanc

Publikováno v: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 565-568

The performance of the Xpert MRSA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay on pooled nose, groin, and throat swabs (three nylon flocked eSwabs into one tube) was compared to culture by analyzing 5,546 samples. The sen- sitivity (0.78, 95 % confidence in

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PCR for the diagnosis of sepsis: hope or hype?

Autor: Jacques Schrenzel

Publikováno v: Critical Care, Vol. 15, No 1 (2011) P. 111

Molecular biology has not yet fully reached its ambitious goals in clinical bacteriology. Notwithstanding the tremendous technical challenges, the detection of nucleic acids directly from the blood of septic patients has not been shown cost-effective

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Accuracy and cost description of rapid antigen test compared with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Autor: Kathrine Kronberg Jakobsen, Jakob Schmidt Jensen, Tobias Todsen, Martin Grønnebæk Tolsgaard, Nikolai Kirkby, Freddy Lippert, Anne-Marie Vangsted, Cyril Jean-Marie Martel, Mads Klokker, Christian von Buchwald

Publikováno v: University of Copenhagen
Jakobsen, K K, Jensen, J S, Todsen, T, Tolsgaard, M G, Kirkby, N, Lippert, F, Vangsted, A-M, Martel, C J-M, Klokker, M & von Buchwald, C 2021, ' Accuracy and cost description of rapid antigen test compared with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for SARS-CoV-2 detection ', Danish Medical Journal, vol. 68, no. 7, A03210217 . < https://ugeskriftet.dk/dmj/accuracy-and-cost-description-rapid-antigen-test-compared-reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain >

INTRODUCTION: Fast and accurate detection of SARS-CoV-2 is essential in limiting the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapid antigen (AG) tests provide results within minutes; however, their accuracy has been questioned. The study aims to determine the accuracy and

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