Clinical comparison and agreement of PCR, antigen, and viral culture for the diagnosis of COVID-19

Clinical comparison and agreement of PCR, antigen, and viral culture for the diagnosis of COVID-19

The aim of this study is to compare the COVID-19 nasopharyngeal PCR (NP PCR) to antigen, nasal PCR, and viral culture. One-hundred-and-fourteen risk-stratified patients were tested by culture, nasal PCR, NP PCR, and Ag testing. Twenty (48%) of the high risk and 23 (32%) of the low risk were NP PCR p...

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Main Authors: Amanda Agard, Omar Elsheikh, Drew Bell, Ryan F. Relich, Bryan H. Schmitt, Josh Sadowski, William Fadel, Douglas H. Webb, Lana Dbeibo, Kristen Kelley, Mariel Carozza, Guang-Shen Lei, Paul Calkins, Cole Beeler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Virology Plus
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Antigen testing
PCR testing
Viral culture
Diagnostics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667038022000382

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