Diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitides;Diagnóstico de las faringitis estreptocócicas

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 13, 2008, Pages 14-18

  Matas, Lurdes ^a,b   Méndez, María ^a   Rodrigo, Carlos ^a   Ausina, Vicente ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; Cultures; Molecular techniques; Pharyngitis; Streptococcus pyogenes; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE; BLOOD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXUDATE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; STREPTOCOCCAL GROUP B HEMOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 60249095241     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13128775     Document Type: Article

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