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- In a study of 56 infants in a neonatal intensive care unit, 28 tested positive for adenovirus using the Sure-Vue antigen test.
- However, subsequent virus cultures and PCR tests on stool samples did not detect the virus, indicating a discrepancy in results.
- The researchers were unable to identify the reason for the 50% false-positive rate of the antigen test.
Article Abstract
Twenty-eight of 56 infants in a neonatal intensive care unit had stools positive for adenovirus by the Sure-Vue adenovirus test. Virus cultures of conventionally processed and chloroform-extracted stool samples, as well as conventional and real-time PCR tests, were negative for adenovirus. The cause for the 50% false-positive rate with the antigen test was not determined.
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