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Rapid diagnosis of enterovirus infection by a new one-step reverse transcription-PCR assay

1997; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 35; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/jcm.35.4.976-977.1997

ISSN

1098-660X

Autores

Harald H. Kessler, Brigitte I. Santner, Holger F. Rabenau, Annemarie Berger, Adriana Vince, Carol Lewinski, Bernard Weber, Karen Pierer, D Stuenzner, Egon Marth, Hans Wilhelm Doerr,

Tópico(s)

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Resumo

The AMPLICOR Enterovirus Test was evaluated with 103 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens. Twenty-seven CSF specimens were culture positive. With the AMPLICOR test, enterovirus RNA was detected in 34 specimens. Compared with culture, the AMPLICOR test gave a sensitivity of 96.3% and a specificity of 100%. The sensitivity of culture was 79.4% in comparison with the AMPLICOR test.

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