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Improved Diagnostic Performance of an Immunofluorescence-based Rapid Antigen Detection Test for Group A Streptococci in Children With Pharyngitis
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Lacroix, Laurence Elisabeth
Cherkaoui, Abdessalam
Schaller, Diane
Manzano, Sergio
Galetto-Lacour, Annick
Pfeifer, Ulrich
Tabin, René Roger
Gervaix, Alain
Published in The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2018, vol. 37, no. 3, p. 206-211
Abstract Accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment of group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis are important to prevent complications. Most available rapid antigen detection tests (RADTs) have shown excellent specificity but often lack sensitivity. Our objective was to compare the diagnostic performances of a new fluorescence-based immunoassay and a classic immunochromatographic RADT using standard throat culture or polymerase chain reaction as references.
Keywords Adolescent — Antigens — Bacterial — Child — Child — Preschool — Female — Fluorescent Antibody Technique/methods — Humans — Male — Pharyngitis/diagnosis/immunology/microbiology — Prevalence — Prospective Studies — Reproducibility of Results — Sensitivity and Specificity — Streptococcal Infections/diagnosis/epidemiology/immunology/microbiology — Streptococcus pyogenes/immunology — Streptococcal — Group A streptococci — Pharyngitis — Children — Rapid antigen detection test
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PMID: 29135828
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique
Research group Etiologie des pneumonies et marqueurs inflammatoires chez l'enfant fébrile (183)
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(ISO format) 		LACROIX, Laurence Elisabeth et al. Improved Diagnostic Performance of an Immunofluorescence-based Rapid Antigen Detection Test for Group A Streptococci in Children With Pharyngitis. In: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2018, vol. 37, n° 3, p. 206-211. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001825 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:128380

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