Assessment of flocked swabs for use in identification of streptococcal pharyngitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3029-3030

  Goldfarb, David M ^a,b   Slinger, Robert ^a   Tam, Ron K ^a   Barrowman, Nicholas ^a   Chan, Francis ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PHARYNGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 69949091440     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01163-09     Document Type: Article

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