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Editor, Senior Moderator
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 26:114869. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.114869. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Improvement in turnaround time for rapid respiratory virus testing using Xpert? Flu/RSV: a retrospective cohort study during a high incidence influenza season.[/h] Williams E[SUP]1[/SUP], Dennison A[SUP]2[/SUP], Jenney AW[SUP]3[/SUP], Spelman DW[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Microbiology Unit, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: eloise.williams@austin.org.au. 2 Microbiology Unit, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 3 Microbiology Unit, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Seasonal influenza like illness results in increased hospital presentations and unnecessary antibiotic use. Recent availability of rapid respiratory virus PCR testing allows rapid, accurate influenza diagnosis. A retrospective audit of turnaround time from sample collection to result availability after introduction of Xpert? Flu/RSV in a tertiary healthcare institution during a high incidence influenza season is described.
Crown Copyright ? 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Influenza; Molecular Diagnostics; Respiratory Virus
PMID: 31473035 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.114869
[h=1]Improvement in turnaround time for rapid respiratory virus testing using Xpert? Flu/RSV: a retrospective cohort study during a high incidence influenza season.[/h] Williams E[SUP]1[/SUP], Dennison A[SUP]2[/SUP], Jenney AW[SUP]3[/SUP], Spelman DW[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Microbiology Unit, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: eloise.williams@austin.org.au. 2 Microbiology Unit, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 3 Microbiology Unit, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Seasonal influenza like illness results in increased hospital presentations and unnecessary antibiotic use. Recent availability of rapid respiratory virus PCR testing allows rapid, accurate influenza diagnosis. A retrospective audit of turnaround time from sample collection to result availability after introduction of Xpert? Flu/RSV in a tertiary healthcare institution during a high incidence influenza season is described.
Crown Copyright ? 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Influenza; Molecular Diagnostics; Respiratory Virus
PMID: 31473035 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.114869