Selective testing strategies for diagnosing group A streptococcal infection in children with pharyngitis: A systematic review and prospective multicentre external validation study

CMAJ

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-32

  Cohen, Jérémie F ^a,b   Cohen, Robert ^c,d   Levy, Corinne ^c,d   Thollot, Franck ^e   Benani, Mohamed ^c   Bidet, Philippe ^f   Chalumeau, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c Association clinique et therapeutique infantile du Val de Marne ACTIV   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^e Association Francaise de Pediatrie Ambulatoire AFPA   (France)

^f HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PREDICTION RULES; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROAT CULTURE; VALIDATION STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STANDARDS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85047700155     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.140772     Document Type: Article

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