Comparison of the direct fluorescence assay and real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of influenza virus A and B in immunocompromised patients

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the diagnostic performance of two methods for the detection of influenza virus in immunocompromised transplant patients. METHODS: A total of 475 respiratory samples, 236 from patients in a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation program and 239 from kidney transplan...

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Main Authors: Ana Helena Perosa, Aripuana S.A. Watanabe, Sandra B. Guatura, Ellen R.M. Silva, Celso Granato, Nancy Bellei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2013-09-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000901206&lng=en&tlng=en