High negative predictive value of RT-PCR in patients with high likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 infection

S Galmiche; S Fernandes-Pellerin; M N Ungeheuer; O Schwartz; M Attia; B Hoen; CORSER-2A study group

doi:10.1016/j.idnow.2021.11.005

High negative predictive value of RT-PCR in patients with high likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Infect Dis Now. 2022 Feb;52(1):52-53. doi: 10.1016/j.idnow.2021.11.005. Epub 2021 Nov 24.

Authors

S Galmiche¹, S Fernandes-Pellerin², M N Ungeheuer³, O Schwartz⁴, M Attia⁵, B Hoen⁶; CORSER-2A study group

Collaborators

CORSER-2A study group:
J-P Lanoix⁷, T Guimard⁸, J-M Chapplain⁹, F Goehringer¹⁰, J-F Faucher¹¹, P Chavanet¹², F Cazenave-Roblot¹³, T Prazuck¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Emerging diseases epidemiology unit, institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
² Center for translational sciences, institut Pasteur, 25-28, rue du Docteur-Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
³ ICAReB platform (Clinical Investigation & Access to Research Bioresources) of the Center for Translational Science, institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
⁴ Virus and Immunity Unit, Department of Virology, Vaccine Research Institute, institut Pasteur, Creteil, France.
⁵ Molecular Genetics of RNA viruses, Department of Virology, National Reference Center for Respiratory Viruses, institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
⁶ Center for translational sciences, institut Pasteur, 25-28, rue du Docteur-Roux, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: bruno@hoen.pro.
⁷ Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, centre hospitalo-universitaire Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France; UR 4294 AGIR Université Picardie Jules-Verne, Amiens, France.
⁸ Médecine post-urgence - maladies infectieuses, centre hospitalier départemental de Vendée, Vendée, France.
⁹ Maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale, centre hospitalo-universitaire Pontchaillou de Rennes, Rennes, France.
¹⁰ Maladies infectieuses, centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Nancy, Nancy, France.
¹¹ Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Limoges, Limoges, France.
¹² Département d'infectiologie, centre hospitalo-universitaire Dijon-Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
¹³ Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
¹⁴ Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, centre hospitalier régional d'Orléans, Orléans, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Predictive Value of Tests
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2
Sensitivity and Specificity