Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis . Diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A and B with cobas? Liat? from nasopharyngeal aspirations in pediatrics

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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 ¹ , Isabelle Thomas ² , Phu-Quoc L? ³ , Ingrid Beukinga ⁴ , Marie Tr?-Hardy ⁵



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• 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.