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J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Aug 18. [Epub ahead of print]
Poor Positive Accuracy of Quickvue Rapid Antigen Tests During the Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Pandemic.
Stevenson HL, Loeffelholz MJ.
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0740.
Abstract
We assessed the accuracy of positive Quickvue rapid influenza antigen test results. Using RT-PCR as the gold standard, 17 (37.8%) of 45 Quickvue positive specimens were determined to be false positives. We report an unexpectedly high rate of false positive Quickvue results during a period of high influenza A (H1N1) 2009 prevalence.
PMID: 20720021 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Poor Positive Accuracy of Quickvue Rapid Antigen Tests During the Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Pandemic.
Stevenson HL, Loeffelholz MJ.
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0740.
Abstract
We assessed the accuracy of positive Quickvue rapid influenza antigen test results. Using RT-PCR as the gold standard, 17 (37.8%) of 45 Quickvue positive specimens were determined to be false positives. We report an unexpectedly high rate of false positive Quickvue results during a period of high influenza A (H1N1) 2009 prevalence.
PMID: 20720021 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
