Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for more information

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Clinical Pediatrics
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Harris, R.
Right arrow Articles by Bruhn, F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Harris, R.
Right arrow Articles by Bruhn, F.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Impact on Empiric Treatment of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis Using an Optical Immunoassay

Richard Harris

Department of Clinical Investigation, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center

Donald Paine

Department of Clinical Investigation, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center

Robert Wittler

Department of Pediatrics, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado

Frederic Bruhn

Department of Pediatrics, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado

The potential impact of using a rapid diagnostic test (Strep A OIA) on detection and treatment of group A ß-hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) pharyngitis in a large-volume pediatric and adolescent clinic was examined. Of 519 swabs processed for both culture and the OIA test, 114 were culture-positive for GABHS compared with 133 positive by the OIA test, for an agreement of 94%. OIA test sensitivity compared with culture was 96%, and specificity was 94%. Forty-seven percent of all study patients were empirically placed on antibiotics. In-clinic OIA testing could have reduced inappropriate therapy and been a cost-effective alternative to culture.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 34, No. 3, 122-127 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/000992289503400301
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Arch Pediatr Adolesc MedHome page
T. A. Schlager, G. A. Hayden, W. A. Woods, S. M. Dudley, and J. O. Hendley
Optical Immunoassay for Rapid Detection of Group A {beta}-Hemolytic Streptococci: Should Culture Be Replaced?
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, March 1, 1996; 150(3): 245 - 248.
[Abstract] [PDF]