Sample pooling on the Cepheid Xpert® Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay
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DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115238
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented global demand on laboratory supplies required for testing. Sample pooling has been investigated by laboratories as a strategy to preserve testing capacity. We evaluate the performance of Cepheid Xpert®… read more here.
Keywords: xpress sars; sars cov; xpert xpress; cepheid xpert ... See more keywords
Understanding false positives and the detection of SARS-CoV-2 using the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 and BD MAX SARS-CoV-2 assays
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DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115334
Abstract: Several real-time RT-PCR assays have received Emergency Use Authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration. The BD MAX™ SARS-CoV-2 assay, run by the BD MAX™ system, is a qualitative test that detects the… read more here.
Keywords: cepheid xpert; max sars; xpress sars; max ... See more keywords
Lack of N2-gene amplification on the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay and potential novel causative mutations: A case series from Auckland, New Zealand
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01233
Abstract: We describe three cases with viral strains that demonstrate impaired N2-gene detection on the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay, with two previously undescribed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): C29197T and G29227T. We propose that these SNPs… read more here.
Keywords: cepheid xpert; xpress sars; sars cov; xpert ... See more keywords
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Use of the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 and Roche cobas SARS-CoV-2 Assays
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DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00772-20
Abstract: SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus responsible for a December 2019 outbreak in Wuhan, China, causes a syndrome characterized by fever, cough, and dyspnea progressing to acute respiratory distress syndrome (1).…. read more here.
Keywords: detection sars; use cepheid; cepheid xpert; sars cov ... See more keywords
Reply to Murray et al., “Comparative Performance of BD MAX MDR-TB and Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assays”
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DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00984-19
Abstract: The letter by Murray et al. ([1][1]) regarding the performance of BD MAX MDR-TB and Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and rifampin-resistant/multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) has raised some interesting points for discussion.… read more here.
Keywords: performance max; max mdr; cepheid xpert; mdr ... See more keywords
P859 Genotyping gyrA and penA from remnant neisseria gonorrhoeae positive cepheid xpert® clinical specimens
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DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-sti.901
Abstract: Background Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) has developed resistance to most antibiotics, making it increasingly difficult to treat. Molecular methods have been used to predict antimicrobial susceptibility based on the gyrA codon serine 91 and the mosaic… read more here.
Keywords: gyra; cepheid xpert; clinical specimens; neisseria gonorrhoeae ... See more keywords
VA-Wide, Multicenter Verification Study of the Cepheid Xpert SARS-CoV-2 Assay
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DOI: 10.1177/23742895211011911
Abstract: Early in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 pandemic, there was a progressive increase in diagnostic demands that developed within a relatively short period of time. On February 4, 2020, the Secretary of Health… read more here.
Keywords: xpert sars; cepheid xpert; study; cepheid ... See more keywords
Misidentification of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by the Cepheid Xpert MRSA NxG assay, the Netherlands, February to March 2021
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DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2021.26.37.2100800
Abstract: We describe two false-negative results in the detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of sequence type 398 and spa type t011 using the Cepheid Xpert MRSA NxG assay. The isolates were recovered in late February… read more here.
Keywords: xpert mrsa; resistant staphylococcus; cepheid xpert; staphylococcus aureus ... See more keywords