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Around-the-Clock, Rapid Diagnosis of Influenza by Means of Membrane Chromatography Antigen Testing Confirmed by Polymerase Chain Reaction *

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Summary, in English

One rapid membrane chromatography test and 2 immunofluorescence tests were compared with polymerase chain reaction as tools for the diagnosis of influenza in 277 patients treated in an emergency department. The sensitivity on days 1-3 of symptoms was 71% for the rapid membrane chromatography test, 70% for the first immunofluorescence test, and 79% for the second immunofluorescence test. Rapid tests are useful for round-the-clock identification of influenza, with follow-up polymerase chain reaction used for confirmation.

Department/s

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

177-179

Publication/Series

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Volume

29

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Topic

  • Infectious Medicine

Status

Published

Research group

  • Infectious Diseases Research Unit
  • Clinical Microbiology, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0899-823X