The impact of incubating the throat culture for 72 h on the diagnosis of group A beta-hemolytic streptococci

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-313

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

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KSU Medical School   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus; Incubation time; Throat culture

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHARYNGITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744980233     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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