Comparison of the Idylla Respiratory (IFV-RSV) panel with the GeneXpert Xpert Flu/RSV assay: a retrospective study with nasopharyngeal and midturbinate samplesdoi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.11.022Yannick Wouters aEls Keyaerts bAnnabel Rector b...
Comparison of GeneXpert FluA PCR to direct fluorescent antibody and respiratory viral panel PCR assays for detection of 2009 novel H1N1 influenza virus. Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyMiller S, Moayeri M, Wright C, Castro L, Pandori M. Comparison of GeneXpert FluA PCR to direct fluorescent ...
If microbiological investigations are negative, then medical evaluation is done to exclude other respiratory illnesses. If no sputum is obtained for microbiologic investigations, then this is considered a negative microbiologic result. Final decisions on management are at the discretion of the treating ...
Rapid MRSA PCR on respiratory specimens from ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia: a tool to facilitate antimicrobial stewardship Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important cause of pneumonia in ventilated patients. Our objective was to evaluate the GeneXpert M... S. E....
Burden of respiratory tract infections at post mortem in Zambian children BMC Med (2016) C.C. Boehme et al. Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance N Engl J Med (2010) B.W. Buchan et al. Comparison of MALDI-TOF MS with HPLC and nucleic acid sequencing for the ...
GeneXpertReal-time PCRRapid diagnosticsVAPVentilator-associated pneumoniaChromID®P. aeruginosaChromogenic mediumPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas aeruginosa is a common cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Rapid and accurate detection of lower respiratory tract colonization and/or infection with P....
GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert, Cephid, USA), a fully automated real-time hemi-nested PCR system, was endorsed by the World Health Organization in 2013 for simultaneous detection of MTB and resistance to rifampin (RIF) in multiple respiratory and extrapulmonary specimens (WHO, 2013). It could be ...