Diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of group a streptococcal pharyngitis in children in a primary care setting: Impact of point-of-care polymerase chain reaction

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Rao, Arundhati ^a   Berg, Bradley ^a   Quezada, Theresa ^a   Fader, Robert ^a   Walker, Kimberly ^a   Tang, Shaowu ^b   Cowen, Ula ^b   Duncan, Dana ^b   Sickler, Joanna ^b  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobas Liat strep a assay; Group a Streptococcus; Molecular point of care testing; Rapid antigen detection test

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID ANTIGEN DETECTION TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 85060168159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-019-1393-y     Document Type: Article

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