Comparison of the inverness medical Acceava Strep A test with the Genzyme OSOM and Quidel QuickVue Strep A Tests

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 294-296

  Rogo, Tanya ^a   Schwartz, Richard H ^a,b   Ascher, David P ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

rapid strep tests; strep pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GENZYME OSOM STREP A TEST; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ACCEAVA STREP A TEST; NONHUMAN; QUIDEL QUICKVUE STREP A TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 79953086803     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810385675     Document Type: Article

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