title: Rapid diagnosis of enterovirus infection by a new one-step reverse transcription-PCR assay.
abstract: The AMPLICOR Enterovirus Test was evaluated with 103 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens. Twenty-seven CSF specimens were culture positive. With the AMPLICOR test, enterovirus RNA was detected in 34 specimens. Compared with culture, the AMPLICOR test gave a sensitivity of 96.3% and a specificity of 100%. The sensitivity of culture was 79.4% in comparison with the AMPLICOR test.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, KF-University Graz, Austria. harald.kessler@kfunigraz.ac.at
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Santner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rabenau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vince
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lewinski
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pierer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stuenzner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marth
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Doerr
mesh_terms: D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*