Publications by authors named "Gema Sabrido"
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to compare the effectiveness of oral saliva swab (OSS) RT-PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2 against traditional nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) and rapid antigen tests in children showing COVID-19 symptoms.
- - Conducted across 10 hospitals in Spain, the research involved 1,174 children aged 0 to 18, with results indicating that OSS RT-PCR has a sensitivity of 72.1% and a specificity of 99.6%, making it a reliable testing method.
- - The findings suggest that using OSS for COVID-19 testing in children could be a less invasive and therefore more acceptable method, potentially leading to increased testing rates among younger patients.
We conducted a multicenter clinical validity study of the Panbio coronavirus disease 2019 Antigen Rapid Test of nasopharyngeal samples in pediatric patients with coronavirus disease 2019-compatible symptoms of ≤5 days of evolution. Our study showed limited accuracy in nasopharyngeal antigen testing: overall sensitivity was 45.4%, and 99.
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