Department of Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong.
Department of Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022 Aug;103(4):115726. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115726. Epub 2022 May 20.
This study used digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) to determine whether envelope (E) gene-negative and nucleocapsid (N2) gene-positive (E-N+) results obtained with the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay are reliable. Using droplet digital PCR results as a reference, 18 of 22 E-N+ samples with a low viral load (81.8%) were identified as true positives.
本研究使用数字聚合酶链反应(dPCR)来确定使用 Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 检测试剂盒获得的包膜(E)基因阴性和核衣壳(N2)基因阳性(E-N+)结果是否可靠。以液滴数字 PCR 结果为参考,22 份低病毒载量的 E-N+样本中有 18 份(81.8%)被确认为真正的阳性。