Application of digital PCR to determine the reliability of Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay with envelope (E) gene negative and nucleocapsid (N2) gene positive results

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This study used digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) to determine whether envelope (E) gene-negative and nucleocapsid (N2) gene-positive (E-N+) results obtained with the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay are reliable. Using droplet digital PCR results as a reference, 18 of 22 E-N+ samples with a low viral load (81.8%) were identified as true positives.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:103

Enthalten in:

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 103(2022), 4 vom: 05. Aug., Seite 115726

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wong, River Chun-Wai [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Ann Han [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Yolanda Iok-Ieng [VerfasserIn]
Siu, Gilman Kit-Hang [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Lam-Kwong [VerfasserIn]
Leung, Eddie Chi-Man [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Raymond Wai-Man [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay
Digital PCR
E gene negative
Journal Article
Low viral load
N2 gene positive
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 12.07.2022

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115726

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342127551