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Diagnostic Performance of a Rapid Antigen Test for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2
- Source :
- Haseki Tıp Bülteni, Vol 62, Iss 2, Pp 97-102 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Galenos Yayinevi, 2024.
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Abstract
- Aim: The fight against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has proven crucial, necessitating the need for faster, cheaper, and more reliable detection methods. This study evaluated the performance of a rapid antigen test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 compared with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results. Methods: This prospective study included 169 participants. Two simultaneous nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from the participants. Samples were tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) using the Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag rapid test (Abbott Rapid Diagnostics, Jena, Germany) and the Bio-Speedy® SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR kit (Bioeksen, Istanbul, Turkey). Results: Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction results were positive in 90 (53.2%) of 169 patients. The antigen rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT) was able to find 66 (73.3%) of the 90 RT-PCR positive samples as positive (p
Details
- Language :
- English, Turkish
- ISSN :
- 13020072 and 21472688
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Haseki Tıp Bülteni
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.3b6196b79774677898621c76f8c8510
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4274/haseki.galenos.2024.9748