Evaluation of Light Diagnostics SimulFluor HSV/VZV Immunofluorescence assay

In this study, we evaluated the Light Diagnostics SimulFluor TM HSV/VZV Immunofluorescence (SIM) assay. A total of 167 specimens yielded 21 VZV and 55 HSV true positive test results. The sensitivity/specificity of the SIM assay for VZV and HSV were, respectively, 100/98 and 62/99. These results were...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 1999-11, Vol.35 (3), p.205-208
Hauptverfasser:	Scicchitano, Lisa M, Shetterly, Becky, Bourbeau, Paul P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Evaluation Studies as Topic Fluorescent Antibody Technique Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Herpes Simplex - diagnosis Herpes Simplex - virology Herpes Zoster - diagnosis Herpes Zoster - virology Herpesvirus 3, Human - immunology Humans Microbiology Reagent Kits, Diagnostic Sensitivity and Specificity Simplexvirus - immunology Simplexvirus - isolation & purification Skin - pathology Skin - virology Techniques used in virology Ultraviolet Rays Virology
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:	In this study, we evaluated the Light Diagnostics SimulFluor TM HSV/VZV Immunofluorescence (SIM) assay. A total of 167 specimens yielded 21 VZV and 55 HSV true positive test results. The sensitivity/specificity of the SIM assay for VZV and HSV were, respectively, 100/98 and 62/99. These results were comparable to the results for the predicate devices used in this study. The SIM assay offers the potential for the simultaneous, direct detection of HSV and VZV from a single slide well.
ISSN:	0732-8893 1879-0070
DOI:	10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00078-4