Relationship between the clinical likelihood of group A streptococcal pharyngitis and the sensitivity of a rapid antigen-detection test in a pediatric practice

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 280-285

  Edmonson, M Bruce ^a,b   Farwell, Kathryn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pharyngitis; Rapid diagnostic tests; Streptococcal infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID ANTIGEN DETECTION TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; TONSIL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 17844373848     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0907     Document Type: Article

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