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Evaluation of STANDARD™ M10 SARS-CoV-2 from bronchoalveolar lavage samples
Andrea Bartolini1, Fabio Morecchiato2, Alberto Antonelli3
1Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Abstract:
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is considered as a promising alternative method to detect COVID-19 infection. STANDARD™ M10 SARS-CoV-2 assay on 150 negative and 50 positives BAL samples for SARS-CoV-2 showed 96 % sensitivity, 100 % specificity compared to Allplex™ SARS-CoV-2 assay and a 31.25 genomic copies/mL limit of detection.
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