| Literature DB >> 16825390 |
James W Fox1, Mario J Marcon, Bema K Bonsu.
Abstract
Carbohydrate antigen detection, nucleic acid probe detection, and bacterial culture are commonly used to confirm group A streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis. Compared to standard throat swab specimens, the sensitivities of these tests with mouth specimens are poor. When testing for GAS pharyngitis, the throat remains the optimum site for sampling.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16825390 PMCID: PMC1489465 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00797-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948