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Editor, Senior Moderator
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
. 2021 Feb 1;100(2):115326.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115326. Online ahead of print.
Diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A and B with cobas? Liat? from nasopharyngeal aspirations in pediatrics
Laurent Blairon[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Isabelle Thomas[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Phu-Quoc L?[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ingrid Beukinga[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Marie Tr?-Hardy[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The cobas? Liat? Influenza A/B and respiratory syncytial virus assay was tested on nasopharyngeal aspirates. The resolution of invalid samples was performed using a preanalytical step. cobas? Liat? can be used on nasopharyngeal aspirates with a preanalytical processing step, with a slightly diminished performances in detecting respiratory syncytial virus but not for influenza.
Keywords: Influenza; Molecular diagnosis; Point-of-care testing; Polymerase chain reaction; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory viruses.
. 2021 Feb 1;100(2):115326.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115326. Online ahead of print.
Diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A and B with cobas? Liat? from nasopharyngeal aspirations in pediatrics
Laurent Blairon[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Isabelle Thomas[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Phu-Quoc L?[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ingrid Beukinga[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Marie Tr?-Hardy[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33581424
- DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115326
Abstract
The cobas? Liat? Influenza A/B and respiratory syncytial virus assay was tested on nasopharyngeal aspirates. The resolution of invalid samples was performed using a preanalytical step. cobas? Liat? can be used on nasopharyngeal aspirates with a preanalytical processing step, with a slightly diminished performances in detecting respiratory syncytial virus but not for influenza.
Keywords: Influenza; Molecular diagnosis; Point-of-care testing; Polymerase chain reaction; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory viruses.