Comparison of an optical immunoassay technique with two culture methods for the detection of group A streptococci in a pediatric office

For detecting group A β-hemolytic streptococci in an office setting, an optical immunoassay method was compared with two culture methods. The sensitivity and specificity of OIA as compared with 5% sheep blood agar cultures were 91.4% and 95.6%, and as compared with a Todd-Hewitt broth method were 90...

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Published in:The Journal of pediatrics 1995-06, Vol.126 (6), p.931-933
Main Authors: Roddey, Oliver F., Clegg, Herbert W., Martin, Edward S., Swetenburg, Raymond L., Koonce, Elizabeth W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Bacterial diseases
Bacteriological Techniques
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Culture Media
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Immunoassay - methods
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Pharyngitis - microbiology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Streptococcal Infections - microbiology
Streptococcus pyogenes - isolation & purification
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Summary:For detecting group A β-hemolytic streptococci in an office setting, an optical immunoassay method was compared with two culture methods. The sensitivity and specificity of OIA as compared with 5% sheep blood agar cultures were 91.4% and 95.6%, and as compared with a Todd-Hewitt broth method were 90.4% and 94.1%, respectively. (J PEDIATR 1995;126:931-3)
ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3476(95)70212-1