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Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 1;6(7). pii: ofz312. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz312.
[h=1]Positive Impact of a Point-of-Care Molecular Influenza Test in the Emergency Department During the 2017-2018 Seasonal Influenza Epidemic.[/h] Martinot M[SUP]1[/SUP], Greigert V[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Gravier S[SUP]1[/SUP], Klein S[SUP]1[/SUP], Eyriey M[SUP]3[/SUP], Pachart A[SUP]3[/SUP], Kaiser JD[SUP]4[/SUP], Zadeh MM[SUP]1[/SUP], De Briel D[SUP]5[/SUP], Gottwalles Y[SUP]6[/SUP], Thibaud E[SUP]6[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] During the 2017-2018 flu epidemic, the point-of-care Alere-i (n = 72) and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (n = 106) tests were compared. Patients in the point-of-care group were administered oseltamivir significantly more rapidly (9 hours vs 23 hours), they spent less time in the emergency department, and they had lower rates of antibiotic administration and hospitalization.
? The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] influenza; nucleic-acid amplification test; oseltamivir; point of care; seasonal flu
PMID: 31363768 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz312
[h=1]Positive Impact of a Point-of-Care Molecular Influenza Test in the Emergency Department During the 2017-2018 Seasonal Influenza Epidemic.[/h] Martinot M[SUP]1[/SUP], Greigert V[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Gravier S[SUP]1[/SUP], Klein S[SUP]1[/SUP], Eyriey M[SUP]3[/SUP], Pachart A[SUP]3[/SUP], Kaiser JD[SUP]4[/SUP], Zadeh MM[SUP]1[/SUP], De Briel D[SUP]5[/SUP], Gottwalles Y[SUP]6[/SUP], Thibaud E[SUP]6[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] During the 2017-2018 flu epidemic, the point-of-care Alere-i (n = 72) and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (n = 106) tests were compared. Patients in the point-of-care group were administered oseltamivir significantly more rapidly (9 hours vs 23 hours), they spent less time in the emergency department, and they had lower rates of antibiotic administration and hospitalization.
? The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] influenza; nucleic-acid amplification test; oseltamivir; point of care; seasonal flu
PMID: 31363768 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz312