Diagnostic accuracy of novel and traditional rapid tests for influenza infection compared with reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction: a systematic review and …

J Merckx, R Wali, I Schiller, C Caya… - Annals of internal …, 2017 - acpjournals.org
Background: Rapid and accurate influenza diagnostics can improve patient care. Purpose:
To summarize and compare accuracy of traditional rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) …

Point-of-care diagnostics for respiratory viral infections

K Basile, J Kok, DE Dwyer - Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Successful treatment outcomes for viral respiratory tract infections presenting
from primary health care to quaternary hospitals will only be achieved with rapid, sensitive …

Impact of bedside diagnosis of influenza in the paediatric emergency ward

A Cantais, O Mory, A Plat, A Bourmaud, A Giraud… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives This prospective study performed in the paediatric emergency department of the
University Hospital of Saint-Etienne aimed to measure the impact of the 24/7 bedside use of …

Effectiveness of repeated influenza vaccination among the elderly population with high annual vaccine uptake rates during the three consecutive A/H3N2 epidemics

JY Song, JY Noh, JS Lee, SH Wie, YK Kim, J Lee… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Annually, about 80% of the Korean elderly aged≥ 65 years receive influenza
vaccination. Repeated annual vaccination has been suggested as an important factor of …

Analytical performances of the BD Veritor™ System for the detection of respiratory syncytial virus and influenzaviruses A and B when used at bedside in the pediatric …

A Cantais, O Mory, A Plat, A Giraud, B Pozzetto… - Journal of virological …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aims to evaluate the analytical performance of the BD Veritor™ rapid diagnostic
assays (RDTs) for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenzaviruses when performed …

Comparison of the Coris Influ A+ B K-SeT® and BD Veritor Flu A+ B® for rapid detection of influenza viruses in respiratory samples from 3 consecutive flu seasons in …

S Vandamme, S Van Cleempoel, M Michiels… - … and Infectious Disease, 2019 - Elsevier
Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness predominantly caused by influenza viruses A
and B. Substantial morbidity and mortality can be attributed to seasonal influenza epidemics …

Impact of a poorly performing point-of-care test during the 2017-2018 influenza season

JW Tang, J Blount, C Bradley, B Donaghy… - The Journal of …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Horn et al. 1 recently highlighted the difficulties of obtaining accurate epidemiological data
on hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections in Europe. This may be partly due to the wide spectrum …

A retrospective study of influenza rapid antigen test positivity with drug prescribing and clinical symptoms

DB Turan, D Gümüş, FK Yüksek… - Turkish Journal of …, 2019 - dergipark.org.tr
Aim: Influenza like illnesses (ILI) are the most prevalent reason for unnecessary antibiotic
prescribing. Our aim was to evaluate the rapid antigen test (RAT) positivity with drug …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the Diagnostic Performance of Two Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests

진주김, 용근조, 상국이 - Laboratory Medicine Online, 2020 - synapse.koreamed.org
Rapid influenza diagnostic test (RIDT) is widely used for the diagnosis of influenza owing to
its simplicity and convenience of use. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of a new …

[PDF][PDF] Influenza point-of-care tests in the general practice and emergency department: analytical accuracy and added value

RAF Verhees, SPM Lutgens… - … to the evidence …, 2021 - cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl
There are various point-of-care (POC) tests available that allow the diagnosis of influenza
within circa 30 minutes. POC tests that utilise antigen detection are user-friendly, but do …