Throat culture is necessary after negative rapid antigen detection tests

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-246

  Mirza, Ayesha ^a   Wludyka, Peter ^c   Chiu, Thomas T ^a   Rathore, Mobeen H ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b WOLFSON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Group A hemolytic streptococcus; Rapid antigen detection tests; Throat culture

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROAT CULTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34047211510     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806290219     Document Type: Article

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