Reducing Errors in an Emergency Center Setting Using an Automated Fluorescence Immunoassay for Group A Streptococcus Identification

Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2017 Jun;56(7):675-677. doi: 10.1177/0009922816678184. Epub 2016 Nov 16.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique / methods*
  • Hospitals, Pediatric
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Pharynx / microbiology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / immunology
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification*