Clinical Performance of Rapid Antigen Tests for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Emergency Department and Community: A Retrospective Study.

Pei-Chin Lin Hung-Pin Chiu Fang-Yi Cheng Chih-Chun Chang Fang-Yeh Chu

Published in: The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale (2022)

The VTRUST COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test showed comparable specificity as real-time RT-PCR for the ED and community, but the sensitivity was relatively low, especially when the Ct value was >25. This test can be useful for the rapid identification of infected subjects in an epidemic situation.

Keyphrases

loop mediated isothermal amplification
emergency department
mental health
healthcare
coronavirus disease
sars cov
sensitive detection
computed tomography
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
image quality
bioinformatics analysis