Disappointing performance of rapid antigen detection tests for group A streptococcus in the Auckland school-based sore throat programme

N Z Med J. 2014 Feb 14;127(1389):103-5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antigens*
  • Child
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / instrumentation
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / standards
  • Humans
  • New Zealand
  • Pharyngitis / diagnosis*
  • Pharyngitis / microbiology
  • School Health Services
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / immunology*

Substances

  • Antigens