Multicenter Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Assay for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Oropharyngeal Swab Specimens

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital, Wuhan Institute for Tuberculosis Control, Wuhan, China.
³ Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, Wuhan, China.
⁴ Cepheid, Danaher Diagnostic Platform, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China zysun@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn.

Comparative Study

Hongyan Hou et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 23;58(8):e01288-20.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.01288-20. Print 2020 Jul 23.

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital, Wuhan Institute for Tuberculosis Control, Wuhan, China.
³ Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, Wuhan, China.
⁴ Cepheid, Danaher Diagnostic Platform, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China zysun@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; RT-PCR; Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2; diagnosis.

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