The utility of rapid antigen detection testing for the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis in low-resource settings

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Rimoin, Anne W ^a   Walker, Christa L Fischer ^b   Hamza, Hala S ^c   Elminawi, Nevine ^d   Ghafar, Hadeer Abdel ^c   Vince, Adriana ^e   da Cunha, Antonia L A ^f   Qazi, Shamim ^g   Gardovska, Dace ^h   Steinhoff, Mark C ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d FAYOUM UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h CHILDREN'S CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

ⁱ CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; International child health; Pharyngitis; Rapid diagnostic tests; Streptococcal infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROATIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATVIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; THROAT CULTURE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; CULTURE MEDIA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATVIA; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; POVERTY AREAS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649633215     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2269     Document Type: Article

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