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Assessment of flocked swabs for use in identification of streptococcal pharyngitis.

David M Goldfarb1, Robert Slinger, Ron K Tam, Nicholas Barrowman, Francis Chan.   

Abstract

We compared the performance of flocked swabs to that of traditional swabs for culture of beta-hemolytic streptococci in children with pharyngitis. Sensitivity was higher for flocked swabs, but this did not reach statistical significance. We conclude that flocked swabs can be used in place of traditional swabs for diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis.

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Year:  2009        PMID： 19605581      PMCID： PMC2738109          DOI： 10.1128/JCM.01163-09

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Clin Microbiol        ISSN： 0095-1137            Impact factor:   5.948


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2.  Rapid PCR detection of group A Streptococcus from flocked throat swabs: a retrospective clinical study.

Authors:  Robert Slinger; David Goldfarb; Derek Rajakumar; Ioana Moldovan; Nicholas Barrowman; Ronald Tam; Francis Chan
Journal:  Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob       Date:  2011-09-02       Impact factor: 3.944

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