Use of the rapid antigen detection test in group A streptococci pharyngitis diagnosis in Tunis, Tunisie;Utilisation ďun test de diagnostic rapide des angines à streptocoque bêta-hémolytique du groupe A, auprès ďun échantillon ďenfants à Tunis, Tunisie

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-176

  Fourati, S ^a   Smaoui, H ^a   Jegiurim, H ^a   Berriche, I ^a   Taghorti, R ^c   Bader, M Ben ^c   Maalej, R ^c   Chahed, M ^b   Becher, S Ben ^a   Kechrid, A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^c Dispensaires Ras Tabia and dispensaire Djebel Lahmar   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Child; Group A streptococci; Hospital; Maghreb; Northern Africa; Pharyngitis; Rapid antigen detection test; Tunis; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TUNISIA;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TUNISIA;

EID: 69249164910     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3185/pathexo3377     Document Type: Article

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