The Impact of Point-of-Care Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing on Prescribing Practices in Primary Care for Management of Strep A: A Retrospective Before–After Study

BACKGROUND: Rapid antigen detection tests (RADTs) are the standard of care (SOC) for testing in patients with suspected group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus (Strep A) infection. Due to lower sensitivity, guidelines recommend confirmatory microbiological culture following negative RADT results. This pr...

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Autores principales: May, Larissa, Sickler, Joanna, Robbins, Elissa M, Tang, Shaowu, Chugh, Kamal, Tran, Nam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9070329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35531385
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac147

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9070329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35531385
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac147

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