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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Papenburg, Jesse, MD
• Buckeridge, David L., MD, PhD
• De Serres, Gaston, MD, PhD
• Boivin, Guy, MD, MSc

Titel

Host and Viral Factors Affecting Clinical Performance of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Hospitalized Children

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of pediatrics, 2013-09, Vol.163 (3), p.911-913

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Respiratory syncytial virus rapid antigen detection tests (RADT) are used widely. RADT exhibited high specificity (97%) and moderate sensitivity (80%) compared with reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in 720 hospitalized children <3 years old. Older age, prolonged symptoms, and respiratory syncytial virus genotype-B infection were significantly associated with false-negative results of RADT.