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Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19: Current Issues and Challenges by Tang, Yi-Wei, Schmitz, Jonathan E, Persing, David H, Stratton, Charles W

“…The COVID-19 outbreak has had a major impact on clinical microbiology laboratories in the past several months. This commentary covers current issues and…”
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Improved Molecular Diagnosis of COVID-19 by the Novel, Highly Sensitive and Specific COVID-19-RdRp/Hel Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay Validated In Vitro and with Clinical Specimens by Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo, Yip, Cyril Chik-Yan, To, Kelvin Kai-Wang, Tang, Tommy Hing-Cheung, Wong, Sally Cheuk-Ying, Leung, Kit-Hang, Fung, Agnes Yim-Fong, Ng, Anthony Chin-Ki, Zou, Zijiao, Tsoi, Hoi-Wah, Choi, Garnet Kwan-Yue, Tam, Anthony Raymond, Cheng, Vincent Chi-Chung, Chan, Kwok-Hung, Tsang, Owen Tak-Yin, Yuen, Kwok-Yung

“…On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization was informed of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology in Wuhan, China. Subsequent…”
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Evaluation of Nucleocapsid and Spike Protein-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Detecting Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 by Liu, Wanbing, Liu, Lei, Kou, Guomei, Zheng, Yaqiong, Ding, Yinjuan, Ni, Wenxu, Wang, Qiongshu, Tan, Li, Wu, Wanlei, Tang, Shi, Xiong, Zhou, Zheng, Shangen

“…At present, PCR-based nucleic acid detection cannot meet the demands for coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) diagnosis. Two hundred fourteen confirmed…”
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Overview of Changes to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, M100, 31st Edition by Humphries, Romney, Bobenchik, April M, Hindler, Janet A, Schuetz, Audrey N

“…The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) develops and publishes standards and…”
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Performance Characteristics of the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG Assay and Seroprevalence in Boise, Idaho by Bryan, Andrew, Pepper, Gregory, Wener, Mark H, Fink, Susan L, Morishima, Chihiro, Chaudhary, Anu, Jerome, Keith R, Mathias, Patrick C, Greninger, Alexander L

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the novel respiratory illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is associated with…”
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Neutralizing Antibodies Correlate with Protection from SARS-CoV-2 in Humans during a Fishery Vessel Outbreak with a High Attack Rate by Addetia, Amin, Crawford, Katharine H D, Dingens, Adam, Zhu, Haiying, Roychoudhury, Pavitra, Huang, Meei-Li, Jerome, Keith R, Bloom, Jesse D, Greninger, Alexander L

“…The development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 would be greatly facilitated by the identification of immunological correlates of protection in humans. However,…”
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Comparative Performance of SARS-CoV-2 Detection Assays Using Seven Different Primer-Probe Sets and One Assay Kit by Nalla, Arun K, Casto, Amanda M, Huang, Meei-Li W, Perchetti, Garrett A, Sampoleo, Reigran, Shrestha, Lasata, Wei, Yulun, Zhu, Haiying, Jerome, Keith R, Greninger, Alexander L

“…Nearly 400,000 people worldwide are known to have been infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) beginning in December 2019…”
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Clinical Evaluation of Self-Collected Saliva by Quantitative Reverse Transcription-PCR (RT-qPCR), Direct RT-qPCR, Reverse Transcription-Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification, and a Rapid Antigen Test To Diagnose COVID-19 by Nagura-Ikeda, Mayu, Imai, Kazuo, Tabata, Sakiko, Miyoshi, Kazuyasu, Murahara, Nami, Mizuno, Tsukasa, Horiuchi, Midori, Kato, Kento, Imoto, Yoshitaka, Iwata, Maki, Mimura, Satoshi, Ito, Toshimitsu, Tamura, Kaku, Kato, Yasuyuki

“…The clinical performances of six molecular diagnostic tests and a rapid antigen test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were…”
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Performance of Saliva, Oropharyngeal Swabs, and Nasal Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Detection: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Lee, Rose A, Herigon, Joshua C, Benedetti, Andrea, Pollock, Nira R, Denkinger, Claudia M

“…Nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs are considered the highest-yield sample for diagnostic testing for respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2. The need to increase…”
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Negative Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Swabs Do Not Rule Out COVID-19 by Winichakoon, Poramed, Chaiwarith, Romanee, Liwsrisakun, Chalerm, Salee, Parichat, Goonna, Aree, Limsukon, Atikun, Kaewpoowat, Quanhathai

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Identification of Biomarkers for Differentiation of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae from Classical K. pneumoniae by Russo, Thomas A, Olson, Ruth, Fang, Chi-Tai, Stoesser, Nicole, Miller, Mark, MacDonald, Ulrike, Hutson, Alan, Barker, Jason H, La Hoz, Ricardo M, Johnson, James R

“…A hypervirulent (hvKp) pathotype is undergoing global dissemination. In contrast to the usual health care-associated epidemiology of classical (cKp)…”
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The Role of Antibody Testing for SARS-CoV-2: Is There One? by Theel, Elitza S, Slev, Patricia, Wheeler, Sarah, Couturier, Marc Roger, Wong, Susan J, Kadkhoda, Kamran

“…The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) brought with it rapid development of both molecular and serologic assays for…”
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In Silico Genotyping of Escherichia coli Isolates for Extraintestinal Virulence Genes by Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing Data by Malberg Tetzschner, Anna Maria, Johnson, James R, Johnston, Brian D, Lund, Ole, Scheutz, Flemming

“…Extraintestinal pathogenic (ExPEC) is the leading cause in humans of urinary tract infection and bacteremia. The previously published web tool VirulenceFinder…”
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CLSI Methods Development and Standardization Working Group Best Practices for Evaluation of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests by Humphries, Romney M, Ambler, Jane, Mitchell, Stephanie L, Castanheira, Mariana, Dingle, Tanis, Hindler, Janet A, Koeth, Laura, Sei, Katherine

“…Effective evaluations of antimicrobial susceptibility tests (ASTs) require robust study design. The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)…”
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The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: Background, Organization, Functions, and Processes by Weinstein, Melvin P, Lewis, 2nd, James S

“…The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST SC) is a volunteer-led, multidisciplinary…”
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Comparison of Commercially Available and Laboratory-Developed Assays for In Vitro Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Clinical Laboratories by Lieberman, Joshua A, Pepper, Gregory, Naccache, Samia N, Huang, Meei-Li, Jerome, Keith R, Greninger, Alexander L

“…Multiple laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) and commercially available assays have emerged to meet diagnostic needs related to the severe acute respiratory…”
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Emergence of a Novel Coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: Biology and Therapeutic Options by Khan, Suliman, Siddique, Rabeea, Shereen, Muhammad Adnan, Ali, Ashaq, Liu, Jianbo, Bai, Qian, Bashir, Nadia, Xue, Mengzhou

“…The new decade of the 21 century (2020) started with the emergence of a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 that caused an epidemic of coronavirus disease…”
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Clinical Evaluation of Three Sample-to-Answer Platforms for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Zhen, Wei, Smith, Elizabeth, Manji, Ryhana, Schron, Deborah, Berry, Gregory J

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has now spread across the globe. As part of the worldwide response, many molecular diagnostic…”
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Evaluation of a Rapid Diagnostic Assay for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen in Nasopharyngeal Swabs by Lambert-Niclot, Sidonie, Cuffel, Alexis, Le Pape, Samuel, Vauloup-Fellous, Christelle, Morand-Joubert, Laurence, Roque-Afonso, Anne-Marie, Le Goff, Jérôme, Delaugerre, Constance

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Performance of Abbott ID Now COVID-19 Rapid Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Using Nasopharyngeal Swabs Transported in Viral Transport Media and Dry Nasal Swabs in a New York City Academic Institution by Basu, Atreyee, Zinger, Tatyana, Inglima, Kenneth, Woo, Kar-Mun, Atie, Onome, Yurasits, Lauren, See, Benjamin, Aguero-Rosenfeld, Maria E

“…The recent emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has posed formidable challenges for clinical laboratories…”
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