Validity of a point-of-care based on heterophile antibody detection for the diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis in primary care

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-21

  Llor, Carl ^a   Hernández, Marta ^a   Hernández, Silvia ^a   Martínez, Teresa ^a   Gómez, Frederic Francesc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epstein+Barr virus; infectious mononucleosis; point of care test; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; TONSILLITIS; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857975464     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2011.618833     Document Type: Article

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