AAMS Laboratory Medicine & Diagnostics · Vol. 1 · Issue 1 · 2024-03-20
Point-of-Care Multiplex PCR for Rapid Diagnosis of Respiratory Infections: A Multicenter Validation Study
Müller A, Braun S, Hoffmann C
Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany¹; Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany²
Abstract
Multicenter validation of a novel point-of-care multiplex PCR system detecting 22 respiratory pathogens in under 45 minutes, demonstrating 97.8% concordance with reference laboratory methods across 2,400 clinical specimens.
Keywords: Point-of-Care Testing, Multiplex PCR, Respiratory Infections, Rapid Diagnostics, Clinical Validation
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