Diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of group a streptococcal pharyngitis in children in a primary care setting: impact of point-of-care polymerase chain reaction

BACKGROUND: To compare the sensitivity and specificity of the recommended 2-step rapid antigen detection test (RADT) with confirmatory culture vs the point-of-care (POC) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Roche cobas® Liat® Strep A test for detection of group A Streptococcus (GAS) in pediatric patients...

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Autores principales: Rao, Arundhati, Berg, Bradley, Quezada, Theresa, Fader, Robert, Walker, Kimberly, Tang, Shaowu, Cowen, Ula, Duncan, Dana, Sickler, Joanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30651115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1393-y

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