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. 2021 Feb 18;59(3):e02955-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02955-20

TABLE 3.

Agreement of the Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV test with the comparator standard-of-care influenza A virus, influenza B virus, and RSV testsa

Test(s) No. of specimens with Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV test result/comparator test result of:
Pos/Pos Pos/Neg Neg/Pos Neg/Neg
Influenza A virus
 All methods 65 0 0 50
 BioFire RP2.1 10 0 0 30
 Xpert Xpress Flu/RSV 31 NA 0 NA
 GenMark ePlex respiratory pathogen panel 4 NA 0 NA
 CDC human influenza virus real-time RT-PCR diagnostic panel 20 NA 0 NA
 BioFire respiratory panel v1.7 NA 0 NA 20
Influenza B virus
 All methods 50 0 0 50
 BioFire RP2.1 10 0 0 30
 Xpert Xpress Flu/RSV 16 NA 0 NA
 GenMark ePlex respiratory pathogen panel 4 NA 0 NA
 CDC human influenza virus real-time RT-PCR diagnostic panel 20 NA 0 NA
 BioFire respiratory panel v1.7 NA 0 NA 20
RSV
 All methods 38 0 0 50
 BioFire RP2.1 10 0 0 30
 Xpert Xpress Flu/RSV 25 NA 0 NA
 GenMark ePlex respiratory pathogen panel 3 NA 0 NA
 BioFire respiratory panel v1.7 NA 0 NA 20
a

Pos, positive; Neg, negative; NA, not applicable.