November 30, 2020

Clinical Performance of the Point-of-Care Cobas Liat for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in 20 Minutes: A Multicenter Study

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

Keywords (Tags): testing

A multi-site US study comparing the clinical performance of two cobas® RT-PCR tests, the Liat point of care test versus the most widely used test, the 68/8800 test, found that tests showed similar performance characteristics. The Liat test provides results in approximately 20 minutes. Overall agreement between the Liat and 68/8800 systems for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics was 98.6% (352/357). Using Liat, positive percent agreement for SARS-CoV-2 was 100% (162/162) and the negative percent agreement was 97.4% (190/195). 

Hansen et al. (Nov 25, 2020). Clinical Performance of the Point-of-Care Cobas Liat for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in 20 Minutes: A Multicenter Study. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02811-20