Evaluation of NxTAG Respiratory Pathogen Panel and Comparison with xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel Fast v2 and Film Array Respiratory Panel for Detecting Respiratory Pathogens in Nasopharyngeal Aspirates and Swine/Avian-Origin Influenza A Subtypes in Culture Isolates

Table 1

Detectable pathogens and targets.

Viruses	NxTAG RPP	xTAG RVP Fast v2	FilmArray RP
Influenza A virus	√	√	√
Subtype (H1, H1pdm09, H3)	√	(H1, H3)	√
Influenza B virus	√	√	√
Respiratory syncytial virus	(A, B)	(A, B)	√
Human coronavirus (229E, OC43, NL63, HKU1)	√	√	√
Parainfluenza viruses 1–4	√	√	√
Human metapneumovirus	√	√	√
Adenovirus	√	√	√
Human bocavirus	√	√
Human rhinovirus/Enterovirus	√	√	√
Chlamydophila pneumoniae	√		√
Legionella pneumophila	√
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	√		√
Bordetella pertussis			√
Total targets	22	18	20