The effect of a rapid kit for detection of streptococcal pharyngitis on the accuracy of the physicians' diagnoses

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 798-801

  Bar Dayan, Yaron ^a,b   Shemer, Joshua ^a,b   Bar Dayan, Yosefa ^a,c  

^a Medical Corps ^*

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 2642694701     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.12.798     Document Type: Article

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