Reliability of rapid streptococcal-A-antigen detection assays;Zuverlassigkeit von Streptokokken-A-Schnelltests

HNO

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 365-369

  Schmuziger, N ^a   Frei, R ^b   Hauser, R ^a   AWengen D ^a   Probst, R ^a  

^a HNO Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

detection assay; DNA probe; rapid streptococcal A antigen; Streptococcal pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SURFACE ARRAY PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHARYNGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0030188058     PISSN: 00176192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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