| Literature DB >> 11980966 |
Julie A Ribes1, John Pat Seabolt, Sue B Overman.
Abstract
In a comparison of the Directigen and VIDAS respiratory syncytial virus antigen detection assays with viral culture, the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and testing efficiency were 86, 93.1, 82.7, 94.6, and 91.2% for Directigen; 96.1, 90.8, 80.3, 98.3, and 92.3% for VIDAS; and 88.2, 100, 100, 95.7, and 96.8% for viral culture, respectively.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11980966 PMCID: PMC130936 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1818-1820.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948