Author: Dramé, Moustapha; Teguo, Maturin Tabue; Proye, Emeline; Hequet, Fanny; Hentzien, Maxime; Kanagaratnam, Lukshe; Godaert, Lidvine
Title: Should RTâ€PCR be considered a gold standard in the diagnosis of Covidâ€19? Cord-id: saepjhwo Document date: 2020_5_8
ID: saepjhwo
Snippet: To face the new Covidâ€19 pandemic, the need for early and accurate diagnosis of the disease among suspected cases quickly became obvious for effective management, and for better control of the spread of the disease in the population. Since the beginning of this disease epidemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirusâ€2 (SARSâ€CoVâ€2), reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RTâ€PCR) has routinely been used to confirm diagnosis. However, several authors have po
Document: To face the new Covidâ€19 pandemic, the need for early and accurate diagnosis of the disease among suspected cases quickly became obvious for effective management, and for better control of the spread of the disease in the population. Since the beginning of this disease epidemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirusâ€2 (SARSâ€CoVâ€2), reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RTâ€PCR) has routinely been used to confirm diagnosis. However, several authors have pointed out the poor performance of this technique, particularly in terms of sensitivity.(1,2) This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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