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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2021

Clinical performance of the Abbott Panbio with nasopharyngeal, throat, and saliva swabs among symptomatic individuals with COVID-19.

William Stokes, Byron M Berenger, Danielle Portnoy, Brittney Scott, Jonas Szelewicki, Takshveer Singh, Allison A Venner, LeeAnn Turnbull, Kanti Pabbaraju, Sandy Shokoples and 6 more

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Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Rapid, point-of-care antigen tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  12. Rapid Antigen Assays for SARS-CoV-2: Promise and Peril.Clinics in laboratory medicine · 2022
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  13. ESCMID COVID-19 guidelines: diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

William StokesAlberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta, Canada. William.Stokes@AlbertaPrecisionLabs.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8684-0494
Byron M BerengerAlberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta, Canada.
Danielle PortnoyFaculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Brittney ScottFaculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Jonas SzelewickiFaculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Takshveer SinghCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Allison A VennerAlberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta, Canada.
LeeAnn TurnbullAlberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta, Canada.
Kanti PabbarajuAlberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta, Canada.
Sandy ShokoplesAlberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta, Canada.
Anita A WongAlberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta, Canada.
Kara GillAlberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta, Canada.
Tracy GuttridgeAlberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta, Canada.
Dustin ProctorAlberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta, Canada.
Jia HuDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Graham TipplesAlberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests used at the point-of-care, such as the Abbott Panbio, have great potential to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The Panbio is Health Canada approved for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in symptomatic individuals within the first 7 days of COVID-19 symptom onset(s). Symptomatic adults recently diagnosed with COVID-19 in the community were recruited into the study. Paired nasopharyngeal (NP), throat, and saliva swabs were collected, with one paired swab tested immediately with the Panbio, and the other transported in universal transport media and tested using real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We also prospectively evaluated results from assessment centers within the community. For those individuals, an NP swab was collected for Panbio testing and paired with RT-PCR results from parallel NP or throat swabs. One hundred and forty-five individuals were included in the study. Collection of throat and saliva was stopped early due to poorer performance (throat sensitivity 57.7%, n=61, and saliva sensitivity 2.6%, n=41). NP swab sensitivity was 87.7% [n=145, 95% confidence interval (CI) 81.0-92.7%]. There were 1641 symptomatic individuals tested by Panbio in assessment centers with 268/1641 (16.3%) positive for SARS-CoV-2. There were 37 false negatives and 2 false positives, corresponding to a sensitivity and specificity of 86.1% [95% CI 81.3-90.0%] and 99.9% [95% CI 99.5-100.0%], respectively. The Panbio test reliably detects most cases of SARS-CoV-2 from adults in the community setting presenting within 7 days of symptom onset using nasopharyngeal swabs. Throat and saliva swabs are not reliable specimens for the Panbio.

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COVID-19 TestingAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCanadaCOVID-19False Negative ReactionsFalse Positive ReactionsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNasopharynxPharynxSalivaSensitivity and SpecificityAntigenCOVID-19PanbioPoint of care testing (POCT)Rapid diagnosticsSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33742322
PMCPMC7979467

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