tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Aug 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Direct Fluorescent Antibody Followed by Culture for Diagnosis of 2009 H1N1 Influenza A.
Bakerman P, Balasuriya L, Fried O, Tellez D, Garcia-Filion P, Dalton H.
Source
Phoenix Children's Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Abstract
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza A outbreak, 773 children were tested for influenza by direct fluorescent antibody with polymerase chain reaction confirmation. Direct fluorescent antibody has specificity of 99.6%, but sensitivity of only 65.0%. Physicians should recognize diagnostic limitations of direct fluorescent antibody which missed one third of infected individuals.
PMID:
21849690
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21849690
Direct Fluorescent Antibody Followed by Culture for Diagnosis of 2009 H1N1 Influenza A.
Bakerman P, Balasuriya L, Fried O, Tellez D, Garcia-Filion P, Dalton H.
Source
Phoenix Children's Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Abstract
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza A outbreak, 773 children were tested for influenza by direct fluorescent antibody with polymerase chain reaction confirmation. Direct fluorescent antibody has specificity of 99.6%, but sensitivity of only 65.0%. Physicians should recognize diagnostic limitations of direct fluorescent antibody which missed one third of infected individuals.
PMID:
21849690
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21849690