Open AccessPerformance Characteristics of VIDAS and Directigen Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Antigen Detection Assays and Culture for the Identification of RSV in Respiratory Specimens
Author(s) -
Julie A. Ribes,
John Pat Seabolt,
Sue B. Overman
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.40.5.1818-1820.2002
Subject(s) - respiratory system , virology , paramyxoviridae , virus , antigen , mononegavirales , viral culture , pneumovirus , pneumovirinae , medicine , viral disease , biology , immunology
In a comparison of the Directigen and VIDAS respiratory syncytial virus antigen detection assays with viral culture, the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and testing efficiency were 86, 93.1, 82.7, 94.6, and 91.2% for Directigen; 96.1, 90.8, 80.3, 98.3, and 92.3% for VIDAS; and 88.2, 100, 100, 95.7, and 96.8% for viral culture, respectively.