Point-counterpoint: A nucleic acid amplification test for Streptococcus pyogenes should replace antigen detection and culture for detection of bacterial pharyngitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2413-2419

  Pritt, Bobbi S ^a   Patel, Robin ^a   Kirn, Thomas J ^b   Thomson, Richard B ^c,d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TEST; PHARYNGITIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENETICS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PROCEDURES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84991231677     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01472-16     Document Type: Article

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