Summary
Influenza is a viral disease of the respiratory tract, which affects a relatively large number of people in Slovakia and even around the world every year. The most risk patient groups are the elderly and immunocompromised patients with serious outcomes and increased mortality. Therefore early diagnosis of influenza and subsequent epidemiological management is very important. For this purpose POCT („point-of-care tests“ or „bedside tests“) seems to be very useful for rapid molecular genetic detection of influenza A and B viruses in samples of the patients. Today rapid diagnostic tests for influenza and coronavirus available at emergency departments in all Slovak hospitals are promising way how to be more effective in patient triage and they can minimise number of nosocomial infections due to respiratory virus infections.

Key words: influenza A / B, POCT, epidemiological management, antiviral therapy.

Lek Obz, 2020, 69 (10): 359-363

Martina DUBINOVÁ, Marek STRAKA, Ján PREDNÝ, Andrea LONGAUEROVÁ, Adriana KRAJČÍKOVÁ, Alena KOŠČÁLOVÁ, Katarína VLČKOVÁ, Martin NOVOTNÝ, Pavol JARČUŠKA, Adriána LIPTÁKOVÁ

1 Mikrobiologický ústav, Lekárska fakulta, Univerzita Komenského a Univerzitná nemocnica, Bratislava, prednosta Dr.h.c. prof. MUDr. V. Krčméry, DrSc.
2 Klinika infektológie a geografickej medicíny LF UK, SZU a UNB, prednosta doc. MUDr. I. Stankovič, CSc.
3 I. interná klinika, Lekárska fakulta, Univerzita Komenského a Univerzitná nemocnica, Bratislava, prednosta doc. MUDr. S. Kiňová, PhD.
4 Klinika infektológie a cestovnej medicíny, Lekárska fakulta Univerzity Pavla Jozefa Šafárika a Univerzitnej nemocnice L. Pasteura, Košice, prednosta prof. MUDr. I. Schréter, CSc.

Martina DUBINOVÁ, Marek STRAKA, Ján PREDNÝ, Andrea LONGAUEROVÁ, Adriana KRAJČÍKOVÁ, Alena KOŠČÁLOVÁ, Katarína VLČKOVÁ, Martin NOVOTNÝ, Pavol JARČUŠKA, Adriána LIPTÁKOVÁ: Application of Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) in diagnostics    of influenza. Lek Obz, 2020, 69 (10): 359-363