The Clinical Usefulness of a Newly Rapid Diagnosis Kit, Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Evaluation of rapid immunochromatographic tests for norovirus in neonatal and infant faecal specimens

“…15 The specificity of the tests used in these studies is thought to be lower in neonates than in adults and children. [16][17][18] Particular care should be taken when using these kits in the NICU setting. In addition, variations in specificity should be considered when new rapid detection tests are developed.…”

Febrile status epilepticus due to respiratory syncytial virus infection

“…RSV â , Meridian Bioscience, Cincinnati, OH, USA) using a nasopharyngeal swab with a sensitivity of 90.5% and specificity of 80.0%, similar to that of nested reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction (nested RT-PCR), was used to determine RSV positivity. 11 No test was performed to detect the RSV genome in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples. The final subject pool consisting of 99 patients with febrile status epilepticus was tested for RSV.…”