Antigen detection test for the diagnosis of streptococcal tonsillitis in the paediatric hospital department;Diagnostik af streptokoktonsillitis på børneafdeling ved hjælp af antigendetektionstest

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 165, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2291-2295

  Andersen, Jesper Brandt ^a   Dahm, Thomas Lee ^a   Nielsen, Claus Thøger ^a   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^a  

^a Centralsygehuset i Nykobing Falster ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0037771465     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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