Saliva as an Alternate Specimen Source for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Symptomatic Patients Using Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2

J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 23;58(8):e01109-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01109-20. Print 2020 Jul 23.

Authors

Clare McCormick-Baw¹, Kristi Morgan², Donna Gaffney², Yareli Cazares², Karen Jaworski², Adrienne Byrd², Kyle Molberg³, Dominick Cavuoti³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA Clare.McCormick-Baw@UTSouthwestern.edu.
² Microbiology Laboratory, Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Cepheid; PCR; SARS-CoV-2; Xpert.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
SARS-CoV-2
Saliva / virology*