Testing for group A streptococci: Practices reported by 790 laboratories enrolled in the College of American Pathologists Excel Proficiency Testing Program

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1467-1470

  Dale, Jane C ^a   Novak, Robert ^b   Higgens, Patricia ^c   Wahl, Elmer ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Akron   (United States)

^c Edward Healthcare Center   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MOUTH MUCOSA; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE PREPARATION; TONGUE;

HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; QUALITY CONTROL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0036998041     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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