Evaluation of the QuickLab RSV Test, a New Rapid Lateral-Flow Immunoassay for Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Antigen
AUTOR(ES)
Slinger, Robert
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Rapid respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) diagnosis is vital to the prevention of nosocomial RSV infections. We evaluated a new rapid lateral-flow RSV immunoassay, the QuickLab RSV test, that requires use of only one reagent. We compared QuickLab to the Directigen RSV (DIR) assay, which requires six reagents, and direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) testing. DFA results were considered the “gold standard.” For 133 nasopharyngeal aspirates tested, DFA results were 77 (57.8%) positive, 47 (35.3%) negative, and 9 (6.8%) indeterminate. The sensitivities, specificities, positive predictive values, and negative predictive values of QuickLab and DIR tests were 93.3% (70 of 75) and 80.8% (59 of 73), 95.6% (43 of 45) and 100.0% (46 of 46), 97.2% (70 of 72) and 100.0% (59 of 59), and 89.6% (43 of 48) and 76.7% (46 of 60), respectively. QuickLab was significantly (P = 0.02) more sensitive than DIR; the difference in specificities was not significant. DFA was more sensitive than DIR (P < 0.001) but not more sensitive than QuickLab (P = 0.45). The results of DIR testing were initially uninterpretable and required retesting with 15% of the specimens compared to 3% of QL results (P < 0.001). We conclude that the QuickLab RSV test has sensitivity similar to that of the DFA assay and better than that of the DIR assay. QuickLab testing is also simpler to perform and interpret than both DFA and DIR testing.
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