摘要：The rapid and accurate detection of in. uenza A and B in a hospital setting is useful to confi rm infec-tion, exclude other diseases and assist in the management of patient illness including the possible use of specifi c antiviral therapy. We evaluated the use of the Directigen Flu A+B in a paediatric hospital laboratory in comparison with the established diagnostic tests direct immuno. uorescence, viral culture and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. A total of 193 respiratory specimens were exam-ined and the Directigen test detected positive samples with an 80.8 per cent sensitivity and a specifi city of 100 per cent. This study confi rms other paediatric studies which have found the Directigen Flu A+B to be less sensitive than traditional laboratory tests but nevertheless to have a potential role in patient management especially when a positive result is obtained
关键词：in. uenza; rapid tests; Directigen; point of care; diagnostic
