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Trial reportViruses2020

Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by Mass Spectrometry.

Petra Wandernoth, Katharina Kriegsmann, Cristina Groh-Mohanu, Martin Daeumer, Peter Gohl, Oliver Harzer, Mark Kriegsmann, Joerg Kriegsmann

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Trial report in Viruses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Detection accuracy and clinical applications of DP-TOF mass spectrometry.The Journal of international medical research · 2024
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  15. Laboratory Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Petra WandernothCenter for Histology, Cytology and Molecular Diagnostics Trier, 54296 Trier, Germany.
Katharina KriegsmannDepartment of Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Cristina Groh-MohanuCenter for Histology, Cytology and Molecular Diagnostics Trier, 54296 Trier, Germany.
Martin DaeumerKaiserslautern Medical Laboratory, Institute of Immunology and Genetics, 67655 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Peter GohlBioscientia, 576080 Ingelheim, Germany.
Oliver HarzerBioscientia, 576080 Ingelheim, Germany.
Mark KriegsmannInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7319-3646
Joerg KriegsmannCenter for Histology, Cytology and Molecular Diagnostics Trier, 54296 Trier, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DEUniversität Trier · DEDanube Private University · ATUniversity of Kaiserslautern · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAmplification of viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) is the gold standard to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Since the initial outbreak, strategies to detect and isolate patients have been important to avoid uncontrolled viral spread. Although testing capacities have been upscaled, there is still a need for reliable high throughput test systems, specifically those that require alternative consumables. Therefore, we tested and compared two different methods for the detection of viral PCR products: rRT-PCR and mass spectrometry (MS).

methodsViral RNA was isolated and amplified from oro- or nasopharyngeal swabs. A total of 22 samples that tested positive and 22 samples that tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 by rRT-PCR were analyzed by MS. Results of the rRT-PCR and the MS protocol were compared.

resultsResults of rRT-PCR and the MS test system were in concordance in all samples. Time-to-results was faster for rRT-PCR. Hands-on-time was comparable in both assays.

conclusionsMS is a fast, reliable and cost-effective alternative for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 from oral and nasopharyngeal swabs.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBetacoronavirusChildCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19FemaleHumansMaleMass SpectrometryMiddle AgedPandemicsPneumonia, ViralReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, ViralCOVID19mass spectrometrySARS-CoV2severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Identifiers

PMID32759673
PMCPMC7472307
OpenAlexW3046336668

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