Performance Assessment of a Rapid Molecular Respiratory Syncytial Virus Point-of-Care Test : A Prospective Community Study in Older Adults

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America..

BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes a substantial burden in older adults. Viral load in RSV-infected adults is generally lower compared to young children, which could result in suboptimal sensitivity of RSV diagnostics. Although the Xpert® Xpress Flu/RSV assay has been used in routine clinical care, its sensitivity to diagnose RSV infection in older adults is largely unknown. We aimed to compare the performance of the Xpert® Xpress Flu/RSV assay with real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in home-dwelling older adults (≥60 years of age).

METHODS: Nasopharyngeal swabs were tested with Xpert® Xpress Flu/RSV and compared to RSV RT-PCR in older adults with acute respiratory tract infections with different levels of disease severity.

RESULTS: We studied 758 respiratory samples from 561 older adults from 2 consecutive RSV seasons. Thirty-five (4.6%) samples tested positive for RSV by at least 1 of the assays, of which 2 samples were negative by Xpert® Xpress Flu/RSV and 3 samples by real-time RT-PCR. The positive percentage agreement (PPA) was 90.9% (95% confidence interval [CI], 76.4%-96.8%) and negative percentage agreement was 99.7% (95% CI, 99.0%-99.9%). Viral loads were low (≤103 copies/mL or cycle threshold value ≥34) in all cases with discordant results for the 2 assays.

CONCLUSIONS: The PPA of Xpert® Xpress Flu/RSV compared to routine RT-PCR is high for RSV detection in home-dwelling older adults. The assay is fast and easy to use at the point of care.

CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: NCT03621930.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:226

Enthalten in:

The Journal of infectious diseases - 226(2022), Suppl 1 vom: 12. Aug., Seite S63-S70

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zuurbier, Roy P [VerfasserIn]
Korsten, Koos [VerfasserIn]
Verheij, Theo J M [VerfasserIn]
Butler, Chris [VerfasserIn]
Adriaenssens, Niels [VerfasserIn]
Coenen, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Gruselle, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Vantomme, Valerie [VerfasserIn]
van Houten, Marlies A [VerfasserIn]
Bont, Louis J [VerfasserIn]
Wildenbeest, Joanne G [VerfasserIn]
REspiratory Syncytial Virus Consortium in EUrope (RESCEU) Investigators [VerfasserIn]
Zuurbier, Roy [Sonstige Person]
Korsten, Koos [Sonstige Person]
Verheij, Theo [Sonstige Person]
van Houten, Marlies [Sonstige Person]
Bont, Louis [Sonstige Person]
Wildenbeest, Joanne [Sonstige Person]
Adriaenssens, Niels [Sonstige Person]
Coenen, Samuel [Sonstige Person]
Butler, Christopher [Sonstige Person]
Pollard, Andrew [Sonstige Person]
Vantomme, Valerie [Sonstige Person]
Gruselle, Olivier [Sonstige Person]
Leach, Amanda [Sonstige Person]
Nair, Harish [Sonstige Person]
Campbell, Harry [Sonstige Person]
Beutels, Philippe [Sonstige Person]
Openshaw, Peter [Sonstige Person]
Martinon-Torres, Federico [Sonstige Person]
Heikkinen, Terho [Sonstige Person]
Meijer, Adam [Sonstige Person]
Fischer, Thea Kølsen [Sonstige Person]
van den Berge, Maarten [Sonstige Person]
Giaquinto, Carlo [Sonstige Person]
Abram, Michael [Sonstige Person]
Swanson, Kena [Sonstige Person]
Aerssens, Jeroen [Sonstige Person]
Demont, Clarisse [Sonstige Person]
Gallichan, Scott [Sonstige Person]
Rosen, Brian [Sonstige Person]
Molero, Eva [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Diagnosis
Journal Article
Molecular
Older adults
Point-of-care test
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Respiratory syncytial virus

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.08.2022

Date Revised 21.08.2022

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03621930

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiab600

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336673108