Rapid PCR detection of group a streptococcus from flocked throat swabs: A retrospective clinical study

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Slinger, Robert ^a   Goldfarb, David ^b   Rajakumar, Derek ^a   Moldovan, Ioana ^a   Barrowman, Nicholas ^a   Tam, Ronald ^a   Chan, Francis ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Flocked swab; Internally controlled; LCGreenGroup A Streptococcus; PCR; Pharyngitis; Rapid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 80052234763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-10-33     Document Type: Article

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