Diagnostic performance of the Elecsys SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay in the clinical routine of a tertiary care hospital: Preliminary results from a single-center evaluation

Diagnostic performance of the Elecsys SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay in the clinical routine of a tertiary care hospital: Preliminary results from a single-center evaluation

Background: This report describes a manufacturer-independent evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the Elecsys SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay from Roche Diagnostics in a tertiary care setting. Methods: In this single-center study, we used nasopharyngeal swabs from 403 cases from the emergency departmen...

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Main Authors: Kompatscher, J. (Author), La Guardia, M. (Author), Mueller, T. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc 2021
Subjects:
adolescent
adult
aged
Antigen
Antigens, Viral
Article
clinical evaluation
coronavirus disease 2019
COVID-19
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing
COVID-19 Serological Testing
diagnosis
diagnostic accuracy
diagnostic test
electrochemiluminescence immunoassay
emergency ward
female
human
Humans
immunoassay
immunology
intensive care unit
Intensive Care Units
laboratory medicine
major clinical study
male
nasopharyngeal swab
nasopharynx
Nasopharynx
polymerase chain reaction
procedures
reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
SARS-CoV-2
sensitivity and specificity
Sensitivity and Specificity
tertiary care center
Tertiary Care Centers
Viral Load
virology
virus antigen
virus load
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