High diagnostic accuracy of automated rapid Strep A test reduces antibiotic prescriptions for children in the United Arab Emirates

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis in children is hindered by variable sensitivity of clinical criteria and rapid Strep A tests (SAT), resulting in reliance on throat cultures as the gold standard for diagnosis. Delays while awaiting culture reports result in unnecessar...

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Autores principales: Hendi, Salama Bin, Malik, Zainab A., Khamis, Amar Hassan, Al-Najjar, Fadil Y. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7831179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33494718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02516-3

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