Implementation of Point-of-Care PCR-testing for the diagnosis of respiratory infections in vulnerable patient populations

Hannah Tolle; Jonas Wachinger; María del Mar Castro; Ivonne Morales; Claudia M. Denkinger

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0307621

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Implementation of Point-of-Care PCR-testing for the diagnosis of respiratory infections in vulnerable patient populations

Hannah Tolle,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Center of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6179-8278

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Jonas Wachinger,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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María del Mar Castro,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Center of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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Ivonne Morales,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Center of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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Claudia M. Denkinger

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: claudia.denkinger@uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Center of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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Implementation of Point-of-Care PCR-testing for the diagnosis of respiratory infections in vulnerable patient populations

Hannah Tolle,
Jonas Wachinger,
María del Mar Castro,
Ivonne Morales,
Claudia M. Denkinger

Published: July 29, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307621

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