Matching diagnostics development to clinical need: Target product profile development for a point of care test for community-acquired lower respiratory tract infection.

BACKGROUND:Point of care tests (POCTs) are increasingly being promoted for guiding the primary medical care of community acquired lower respiratory tract infections (CA-LRTI). POCT development has seldom been guided by explicitly identified clinical need and requirements of the intended users. Appro...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Micaela Gal, Nicholas A Francis, Kerenza Hood, Jorge Villacian, Herman Goossens, Angela Watkins, Christopher C Butler, RAPP-ID consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6070214?pdf=render