Field evaluation of a rapid antigen test (Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device) for COVID-19 diagnosis in primary healthcare centres

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OBJECTIVES: To our knowledge no previous study has assessed the performance of a rapid antigen diagnostic immunoassay (RAD) conducted at the point of care (POC). We evaluated the Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device for diagnosis of coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) in symptomatic patients (n = 412) attending primary healthcare centres.

METHODS: RAD was performed immediately after sampling following the manufacturer's instructions (reading at 15 min). RT-PCRs were carried out within 24 h of specimen collection. Samples displaying discordant results were processed for culture in Vero E6 cells. Presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in cell cultures was confirmed by RT-PCR.

RESULTS: Out of 412 patients, 43 (10.4%) tested positive by RT-PCR and RAD, and 358 (86.9%) tested negative by both methods; discordant results (RT-PCR+/RAD-) were obtained in 11 patients (2.7%). Overall specificity and sensitivity of rapid antigen detection (RAD) was 100% (95%CI 98.7-100%) and 79.6% (95%CI 67.0-88.8%), respectively, taking RT-PCR as the reference. Overall RAD negative predictive value for an estimated prevalence of 5% and 10% was 99% (95%CI 97.4-99.6%) and 97.9% (95%CI 95.9-98.9), respectively. SARS-CoV-2 could not be cultured from specimens yielding RT-PCR+/RAD- results (n = 11).

CONCLUSION: The Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device performed well as a POC test for early diagnosis of COVID-19 in primary healthcare centres. More crucially, the data suggested that patients with RT-PCR-proven COVID-19 testing negative by RAD are unlikely to be infectious.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 27(2021), 3 vom: 15. März, Seite 472.e7-472.e10

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Albert, Eliseo [VerfasserIn]
Torres, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Bueno, Felipe [VerfasserIn]
Huntley, Dixie [VerfasserIn]
Molla, Estefanía [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Fuentes, Miguel Ángel [VerfasserIn]
Martínez, Mireia [VerfasserIn]
Poujois, Sandrine [VerfasserIn]
Forqué, Lorena [VerfasserIn]
Valdivia, Arantxa [VerfasserIn]
Solano de la Asunción, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Ferrer, Josep [VerfasserIn]
Colomina, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Navarro, David [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antigens, Viral
COVID-19
Early diagnosis
Evaluation Study
Journal Article
Primary healthcare centre
Rapid antigen detection test (RAD)
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 11.03.2021

Date Revised 11.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cmi.2020.11.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317572873