Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Use of the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 and Roche cobas SARS-CoV-2 Assays

J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 23;58(8):e00772-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00772-20. Print 2020 Jul 23.

Authors

Angelica Moran^#¹, Kathleen G Beavis^#², Scott M Matushek³, Carol Ciaglia³, Nina Francois³, Vera Tesic¹, Nedra Love³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA kbeavis@uchicago.edu.
³ Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2; Roche cobas SARS-CoV-2 assay; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Humans
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
Nasal Mucosa / virology*
Nasopharynx / virology*
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / methods
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
SARS-CoV-2
Sensitivity and Specificity