Multicenter clinical evaluation of the illumigene group a streptococcus DNA amplification assay for detection of group a streptococcus from pharyngeal swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1474-1477

  Anderson, Neil W ^a   Buchan, Blake W ^a,b   Mayne, Donna ^c   Mortensen, Joel E ^d   Mackey, Tami Lea A ^b   Ledeboera, Nathan A ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b DYNACARE LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^c Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84876761270     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00176-13     Document Type: Article

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