Reply to new rapid diagnostic tests: A real improvement for clinical use?

Creator(s)

Ferdaus Hassan, Children's Mercy Hospital
Rangaraj Selvarangan, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Publication Date

2-2015

Identifier

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03031-14; PMCID: PMC4298501

Abstract

Comment on

• Comparison of the BD Veritor System for Flu A+B with the Alere BinaxNOW influenza A&B card for detection of influenza A and B viruses in respiratory specimens from pediatric patients. Hassan F, Nguyen A, Formanek A, Bell JJ, Selvarangan R.J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Mar;52(3):906-10. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02484-13. Epub 2014 Jan 3.PMID: 24391198 Free PMC article.
• New rapid diagnostic tests: a real improvement for clinical use? Fernández-Santos R, Rodríguez-García J, Rodríguez-García I.J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Feb;53(2):751. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02882-14.PMID: 25617440 Free PMC article.

Journal Title

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volume

53

Issue

2

First Page

752

Recommended Citation

Hassan, F., Selvarangan, R. Reply to new rapid diagnostic tests: A real improvement for clinical use? Journal of Clinical Microbiology 53, 752 (2015).