False Positive Results With SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Tests and How to Evaluate a RT-PCR-Positive Test for the Possibility of a False Positive Result
J Occup Environ Med
.
2021 Mar 1;63(3):e159-e162.
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002138.
Authors
Glenn D Braunstein
1
,
Lori Schwartz
2
,
Pamela Hymel
2
,
Jonathan Fielding
3
Affiliations
1
Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
2
The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, California.
3
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
PMID:
33405498
PMCID:
PMC7934325
DOI:
10.1097/JOM.0000000000002138
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Algorithms
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing / standards*
False Positive Reactions
Humans
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*
Sensitivity and Specificity