title: Clinical utility of a near patient care microarray based diagnostic test for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infections.
abstract: In primary care medicine, establishing a diagnosis of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections is usually based on clinical history and physical examination as well as a consideration of time of the year and circulating respiratory viruses in the community.
  
  
  METHODS
  We tested the potential clinical samples using the automated molecular assay which included rapid influenza diagnostic test, Rapid Immunochromatographic Antigen Test, Verigene Respiratory Virus Plus Nucleic Acid Test, BD Veritor(TM) System for Rapid Detection of RSV in the paediatric setting for diagnosis of influenza and respiratory syntactical virus infections when testing was done by the paediatrician seeing the patient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Principally, with respect influenza virus specificity and sensitivity for RIAT were 100% and 68.8%; compared to 100% and 100%, respectively for RV(+). The specificity and sensitivity for 92.23% and 98% for BD Veritor(TM) System for Rapid Detection of RSV as compared to 96.6% and 98.42% for RIDT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Therefore, this study confirms the clinical utility of RV(+) in the pediatric setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Jining No. 1 People's Hospital Jining 272011, China.
authors.forename: Xiu-Hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University Jining 272011, China.
authors.forename: Ji-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Operating Room, Jining No. 1 People's Hospital Jining 272011, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Yao
keywords: Influenza; children; paediatric; respiratory syncytial respiratory virus