RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION BY A NEW ONE-STEP REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION-PCR ASSAY

Authors
KESSLER HH SANTNER B RABENAU H BERGER A VINCE A LEWINSKI C WEBER B PIERER K STUENZNER D MARTH E DOERR HW
Citation
Hh. Kessler et al., RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION BY A NEW ONE-STEP REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION-PCR ASSAY, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(4), 1997, pp. 976-977
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
976 - 977
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:4<976:RDOEIB>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The AMPLICOR Enterovirus Test was evaluated with 103 cerebrospinal flu id (CSF) specimens, Twenty-seven CSF specimens were culture positive. With the AMPLICOR test, enterovirus RNA was detected in 34 specimens, Compared with culture, the AMPLICOR test gave a sensitivity of 96.3% a nd a specificity of 100%. The sensitivity of culture was 79.4% in comp arison with the AMPLICOR test.