Efficacy of throat gargling for detection of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-40

  Karabay, Oguz ^b   Ekerbicer, Hasan ^a   Yilmaz, Fahrettin ^b  

^a KSU Medical School   (Turkey)

^b Izzet Baysal Medical Faculty   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACITRACIN; DACRON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GARGLE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 15844429142     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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