By IDSE News Staff
ATLANTA—A new study found that half of influenza cases in patients admitted to the ICU received a false-negative rapid influenza antigen test (RIAT) result, which could have delayed antiviral therapy for patients who were in the ICU with severe influenza, according to research presented at ASM Microbe 2018 (abstract #TK).
The researchers, led by Po-Yen Huang, MD, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, performed a retrospective analysis of 307 patients with