scholarly journals Systematic review of the impact of point-of-care testing for influenza on the outcomes of patients with acute respiratory tract infection

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. e1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ece Egilmezer ◽  
Gregory J. Walker ◽  
Padmavathy Bakthavathsalam ◽  
Joshua R. Peterson ◽  
J. Justin Gooding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infection ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Acute Respiratory Tract Infection ◽  
Point Of Care Testing ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Evaluation of Alere i RSV for Rapid Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children Hospitalized with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 1032-1036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Marie Peters ◽  
Sarah Valerie Schnee ◽  
Julia Tabatabai ◽  
Paul Schnitzler ◽  
Johannes Pfeil
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infection ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Acute Respiratory Tract Infection ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Viral Transport Medium ◽  
Syncytial Virus

ABSTRACT Alere i RSV is a novel rapid test which applies a nicking enzyme amplification reaction to detect respiratory syncytial virus in point-of-care settings. In this study, we evaluated the Alere i RSV assay by using frozen nasopharyngeal swab samples that were collected in viral transport medium from children hospitalized with acute respiratory tract infection during the 2015-2016 winter season. Alere i RSV assay results were compared to those for Altona RealStar RSV real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). We found that the overall sensitivity and specificity of the Alere i RSV test was 100% (95% confidence intervals [CI], 93% to 100%) and 97% (95% CI, 89% to 100%), respectively. Positive samples were identified within 5 to 7 min from sample collection. Overall, the Alere i RSV test performed well compared to the RT-PCR assay and has the potential to facilitate the detection of RSV in point-of-care settings.

scholarly journals Narrative review of primary care point-of-care testing (POCT) and antibacterial use in respiratory tract infection (RTI)

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. e000086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Cooke ◽  
Christopher Butler ◽  
Rogier Hopstaken ◽  
Matthew Scott Dryden ◽  
Cliodna McNulty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infection ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Point Of Care Testing

scholarly journals Throat swabs in children with respiratory tract infection: associations with clinical presentation and potential targets for point-of-care testing

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah V Thornton ◽  
Alastair D Hay ◽  
Niamh M Redmond ◽  
Sophie L Turnbull ◽  
Hannah Christensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tract Infection ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infection ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Point Of Care Testing
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