Reflexive culture in adolescents and adults with group a streptococcal pharyngitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 643-650

  Dingle, Tanis C ^a   Abbott, April N ^a   Fang, Ferric C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Group A streptococcus; Pharyngitis; Rapid antigen detection test; Strep throat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED CENTOR SCORE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID ANTIGEN DETECTION TEST; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; WASHINGTON;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84907413467     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu400     Document Type: Article

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