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GeneXpert® Xpress Strep A Test

Strep A PCR Testing Solution for Rapid and Accurate Results

 

Xpert® Xpress Strep A provides easy-to-use, rapid, and accurate results to support clinical decisions.

Our Xpert Xpress Strep A PCR test is an on-demand qualitative real-time PCR test that accurately detects Group A Streptococcus (GAS) in as soon as 18 minutes.1

  • Improve workflow efficiency with minimal hands-on time
  • Provide positive results in as little as 18 minutes1
  • Deliver 100% sensitivity from throat specimens2
  • Eliminate the need for routine culture confirmation3
  • User-friendly and the most popular sample-to-answer PCR system*

 

 

Accurately diagnose GAS Pharyngitis for fast treatment decisions and support antimicrobial stewardship by helping to decrease the number of inappropriately prescribed antibiotics. Gain testing efficiencies and cut down costs by eliminating culture confirmation testing.4 Reduce the risk of GAS complications such as rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis. Improve patient satisfaction with quicker time to result and appropriate prescriptions. Get rapid, quality results without compromise.

 

 

 

 

This 5-minute on-demand webinar discusses how a rapid Strep A test  delivers accurate and timely results that support clinical decisions and antimicrobial stewardship. Watch now »
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Kimberle Chaplin Learn about the epidemiology of Group A strep pharyngitis and diagnosis by clinical criteria and testing. It will review testing methods and comment on the high confidence that molecular testing affords the antibiotic steward. Watch now »

Kimberle Chapin, MD, PhD (ABMM), Former Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Current Chief Medical Officer, Cepheid.
 

 

 

References

US IVD. In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device.
CE-IVD. In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device. May not be available in all countries

* GeneXpert® systems - largest worldwide installed base for a single sample-to-answer PCR MDx testing system. Cepheid internal data, 2021

1. With Early Assay Termination for positive results.
2. Refer to package insert Xpert Xpress Strep A 301-6574.
3. Based on clinical performance for moderate complex laboratories. Clinical performance at CLIA Waived Sites Sensitivity 99.4%. Workflow studies conducted by Cepheid Solutions demonstrate that a throat culture confirmation workup costs~ $9.13 per culture. (Average cost includes reagents, labor cost and time). Data on file.
4. Workflow studies conducted by Cepheid Solutions demonstrate that a throat culture confirmation workup costs~ $9.13 per culture. (Average cost includes reagents, labor cost and time). Data on file.
5. Fleming-Dutra KE, Hersh AL, Shpiro DJ, et al. Prevalence of inapporopriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory care visits, 2010-2011. JAMA. 2016;315(17):1864-1873

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