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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2009

Prevalence and management of invalid GeneXpert enterovirus results obtained with cerebrospinal fluid samples: a 2-year study.

Susan E Sefers, Anna K Raymer, Jessica T Kilby, David H Persing, Yi-Wei Tang

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Laboratory diagnosis of viral infection.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Susan E SefersDepartment of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Anna K Raymer
Jessica T Kilby
David H Persing
Yi-Wei Tang

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A total of 525 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples submitted during the 2007 and 2008 enteroviral seasons were included in a study to determine the prevalence of and potential risk factors for invalid Cepheid GeneXpert enterovirus assay (GXEA) results, as well as possible solutions for the problem. The invalid GXEA results were reported for 43 (8.2%) specimens and correlated with increased visibility of red blood cells (P < 0.0001) but not with CSF xanthochromia and clotting. Invalid GXEA result rates were markedly diminished by 82.1% and 96.0% and test sensitivities were minimally decreased by 1.7% and 3.6% when these specimens were tested at a 1:5 dilution and after a freeze-thaw cycle, respectively.

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Reagent Kits, DiagnosticAdolescentAdultAgedCerebrospinal FluidChildChild, PreschoolDiagnostic ErrorsEnterovirus InfectionsFemaleFreezingHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedReagent Kits, Diagnostic

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PMID19605580
PMCPMC2738114

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