Rapid Antigen Group A Streptococcus Test to Diagnose Pharyngitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Stewart, Emily H ^a   Davis, Brian ^b   Clemans Taylor, B Lee ^c   Littenberg, Benjamin ^d   Estrada, Carlos A ^c,e   Centor, Robert M ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A RAPID TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; PROCEDURES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PHARYNGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84920593901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111727     Document Type: Article

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