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ArticlePathology2022

Analytical sensitivity and specificity of the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV assay.

Nicole Isles, Steven G Badman, Susan Ballard, Bowen Zhang, Benjamin P Howden, Rebecca Guy, Deborah A Williamson

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Article in Pathology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Evaluation of the high-throughput RespiVMicrobiology spectrum · 2026
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  6. Rapid Evaluation of the XpertDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

7 authors.

Nicole IslesMicrobiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
Steven G BadmanKirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: sbadman@kirby.unsw.edu.au.
Susan BallardMicrobiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
Bowen ZhangDepartment of Microbiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
Benjamin P HowdenMicrobiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
Rebecca GuyKirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Deborah A WilliamsonMicrobiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Department of Microbiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

COVID-19COVID-19 Nucleic Acid TestingHumansInfluenza, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSARS-CoV-2Sensitivity and Specificity

Identifiers

PMID34776245
PMCPMC8531023

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