Importance of Inoculum Size and Sampling Effect in Rapid Antigen Detection for Diagnosis of Streptococcus pyogenes Pharyngitis
Current recommendations suggest that negative rapid Streptococcus pyogenes antigen tests be backed up with a culture, reflecting evidence that culture may have a higher sensitivity and also that testing of a second swab may yield a different (i.e., a positive) result because of variation in sample s...
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| Published in: | J Clin Microbiol |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
2000
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC88709/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10618101/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.38.1.279-281.2000 |
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