Contribution of a rapid influenza diagnostic test to manage hospitalized patients with suspected influenza
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious DiseasePublished 27 November 2016
Laurent Busson, Bhavna Mahadeb, Marc De Foor, Olivier Vandenberg, Marie Hallin
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The Alere i influenza A&B test is a rapid, rapid and specific diagnostic test for influenza A that helped avoid 10.7% of hospitalizations, 46.4% of antibiotic prescriptions and 42.9% of additional investigations for positive patients.
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Alere i influenza A&B is a rapid, sensitive and specific diagnostic test for influenza A. Sensitivity for influenza B was poor. Its usefulness was more important when patients were still in the ER.
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